Robert Earl Wier

American judge (born 1967)

"Robert Wier" redirects here. For other people with similar names, see Robert Weir .

Robert Earl Wier (born 1967) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky .

Biography

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Wier received his Bachelor of Arts with high distinction and departmental honors, from the University of Kentucky , and his Juris Doctor , with high distinction, from the University of Kentucky College of Law , where he was valedictorian, and served as editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Law Journal.

Wier started his legal career serving as a law clerk to Judge Eugene Edward Siler Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit .

Prior to his judicial service, he worked in private practice as a member of the law firm Ransdell & Wier PLLC and, before that, as an associate with the Lexington, Kentucky, law firm Stoll, Keenon & Park.

Federal judicial service

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Wier served as a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky before becoming a district judge, a position to which he was first appointed on September 1, 2006, and reappointed in 2014. Wier's service as a magistrate terminated when he was elevated to district court judge.

On August 3, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Wier to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky , to the seat vacated by Judge Amul Thapar , who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on May 25, 2017. A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee took place on November 15, 2017. On December 7, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote . On June 4, 2018, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 90–1 vote. On June 5, 2018, Wier's nomination was confirmed by a 95–0 vote. He received his judicial commission on June 12, 2018.

References

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↑ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Robert Earl Wier" (PDF).

 ["President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixth Wave of Judicial Candidates and Fifth Wave of U.S. Attorney Candidates"](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/08/03/president-donald-j-trump-announces-sixth-wave-judicial-candidates-and)
. _[whitehouse.gov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.gov "Whitehouse.gov")
_ – via [National Archives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARA "NARA")
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 [Robert E. Wier](https://www.fjc.gov/node/4733051)
 at the _[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges")
_, a publication of the [Federal Judicial Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center "Federal Judicial Center")
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