Mary Elizabeth Phillips
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Born 1969.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jun 7, 2011
- Senate vote
- 95 to 2
- Confirmed
- Mar 6, 2012
- Commissioned
- Mar 22, 2012
Education
- B.A., University of Chicago, 1991
- M.A., University of Chicago, 1992
- J.D., University of Missouri School of Law, 1996
Career
- Legislative assistant, U.S. Rep. Patsy Ann Danner ofMissouri, 1993-1994
- Assistant prosecutor, Jackson County, Missouri, 1997-2001
- Private practice, Leawood, Kansas, 2001-2008
- Special prosecutor, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2002-2008
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Missouri, 2008-2009
- litigation consultant, 2008
- U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 2009-2012
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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