Laurie Smith Camp

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Nebraska

Years in office: 2018 - 2020

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Years in office: 2001 - 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Stanford University, 1974

Law

University of Nebraska College of Law, 1977

Personal

Birthplace

Omaha, NE

Laurie Smith Camp was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Nebraska. She joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush (R). She assumedsenior status on December 1, 2018. Camp's service officially ended on September 23, 2020, when she died.

Camp served as chief judge of the court from 2011 to 2018.^[1]

Education

Camp graduated from Stanford University with her bachelor's degree in 1974. She graduated from the University of Nebraska Law School in 1977.^[1]

Professional career

• 1995-2001: Chief Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Matters, Nebraska Department of Justice
• 1991-1995: Appointed member, Civil Rights Section, Nebraska Department of Justice
• 1980-1991: General Counsel, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services
• 1977-1980: Associate General Counsel, First National Bank & Trust Company^[1]

Judicial career

• 2001-2018: Judge,United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
  • 2018-2020:Senior judge

Federal judicial nomination

District of Nebraska

See also:Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush

On the recommendation of SenatorChuck Hagel, Camp was nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush (R) onSeptember 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by JudgeWilliam Cambridge. TheU.S. Senate confirmed Camp's nomination onOctober 23, 2001. She received commission onOctober 24, 2001. Camp retired from full-time service, assumingsenior status, December 1, 2018. Her service officially ended on September 23, 2020, when she died.^[1]

Camp served as chief judge of the court from 2011 to 2018.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
• United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Laurie Smith Camp Biography fromFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Nebraska
Active judges	Chief Judge: Robert F. Rossiter, Jr.  •  Susan Bazis  •  Brian Buescher
Senior judges	John Gerrard  •  Joseph Bataillon  •
Magistrate judges	Cheryl Renae Zwart  •  Michael Nelson (Nebraska)  •
Former Article III judges	Laurie Smith Camp  •  Richard Kopf  •  Lyle Strom  •  Warren Urbom  •  William Cambridge  •  Arlen Beam  •  Elmer Scipio Dundy  •  William Douglas McHugh  •  William Henry Munger  •  Thomas Charles Munger  •  Joseph William Woodrough  •  James Donohoe  •  Thomas Shanahan  •  John Delehant  •  Robert Denney  •  Richard Dier  •  Albert Schatz  •  Robert Van Pelt  •  Richard Robinson (Nebraska)  •
Former Chief judges	John Gerrard  •  Joseph Bataillon  •  Laurie Smith Camp  •  Richard Kopf  •  Lyle Strom  •  Warren Urbom  •  William Cambridge  •  Arlen Beam  •  James Donohoe  •  John Delehant  •  Richard Robinson (Nebraska)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge W. Bush
2001	Armijo •Bates •Beistline •Blackburn •Bowdre •Bunning •Bury •Caldwell •Camp •Cassell •Cebull •Clement •Clifton •Crane •Eagan •Engelhardt •Friot •Gibbons •Granade •Gregory •Gritzner •Haddon •Hartz •Heaton •Hicks •Howard •Johnson •Jorgenson •Krieger •Land •Leon •Mahan •Martinez •Martone •McConnell •Melloy •Mills •O'Brien •Parker •Payne •Prost •Reeves •Riley •Robinson •Rogers •Royal •Shedd •B. Smith •L. Smith •Walton •Wooten •Zainey
2002	Africk •Anderson •Autrey •Baylson •Cercone •Chesler •Clark •Collyer •Conner •Conti •Corrigan •Davis •Davis •Dorr •England •Ericksen •Fuller •Gardner •Godbey •Griesbach •Hanen •Hovland •Hudson •Jones •Jordan •Kinkeade •Klausner •Kugler •Leighton •Linares •Moses •Marra •Martinez •Martini •Mays •McVerry •Phillips •Raggi •Reade •Rose •Rufe •Savage •Schwab •Smith •St. Eve •Walter •White •Wolfson
2003	Adams •Altonaga •Bea •Benitez •Bennett •Boyle •Brack •Breen •Browning •Burns •Bybee •Callahan •Campbell •Cardone •Carney •Castel •Chertoff •Cohn •Colloton •Conrad •Coogler •Cook •Cooke •Crone •Der-Yeghiayan •Drell •Duffey •Duncan •Erickson •Feuerstein •Figa •Filip •Fischer •Fisher •Flanagan •Floyd •Frost •Gibson •Greer •Gruender •Guirola •Hall •Hardiman •Hayes •Herrera •Hicks •Holmes •Holwell •Hopkins •Houston •Irizarry •Jones •Junell •Karas •Kravitz •Martinez •McKnight •Minaldi •Montalvo •Mosman •Otero •Pickering •Prado •Pratter •Proctor •Quarles •Robart •Roberts •Robinson •Rodgers •Rodriguez •Sabraw •Sanchez •Saylor •Selna •Sharpe •Simon •Springmann •Stanceu •Steele •Stengel •Suko •Sutton •Sykes •Titus •Townes •Tymkovich •Van Antwerpen •Varlan •Wake •Wesley •White •Woodcock • Yeakel
2004	Alvarez •Benton •Boyko •Covington •Diamond •Harwell •Kelley •Schiavelli •Schneider •Starrett •Watson
2005	Alito •Barrett •Batten •Bianco •Brown •Burgess •Conrad •Cox •Crotty •Delgado-Colon •Dever •DuBose •Griffin •Griffith •Johnston •Kendall •Larson •Ludington •Mattice •McKeague •Neilson •Owen •Pryor •Roberts •Sandoval •Schiltz •Seabright •Smoak •Van Tatenhove •Vitaliano •Watkins •Zouhary
2006	Besosa •Bumb •Chagares •Cogan •Gelpi •Golden •Gordon •Gorsuch •Guilford •Hillman •Holmes •Ikuta •D. Jordan •K. Jordan •Kavanaugh •Miller •Moore •Shepherd •Sheridan •Smith •Whitney •Wigenton
2007	Anderson •Aycock •Bailey •Bryant •Davis •DeGiusti •Dow •Elrod •Fairbank •Fischer •Frizzell •Gutierrez •Hall •Hardiman •Haynes •Howard •Jarvey •Jones •Jonker •Kapala •Kays •Laplante •Limbaugh •Lioi •Livingston •Maloney •Mauskopf •Mendez •Miller •Neff •O'Connor •O'Grady •O'Neill •Osteen •Ozerden •Reidinger •Sammartino •Schroeder •Settle •Smith •Snow •Southwick •Suddaby •Sullivan •Thapar •Tinder •Van Bokkelen •Wood •Wright •Wu
2008	Agee •Anello •Arguello •Brimmer •Gardephe •Goldberg •Jones •Kethledge •Lawrence •Matsumoto •Melgren •Murphy •Scriven •Seibel •Slomsky •Trenga •Waddoups •White