BENITA PEARSON | Profile
Ohio’s two U.S. senators, Sherrod Brown and George V. Voinovich, are recommending President Barack Obama nominate Benita Pearson as the federal judge for Youngstown. Here is her background.
Age: 46.
Hometown: Solon, born in Cleveland.
Education: A 1985 graduate from Georgetown University with a bachelor of science degree in business administration, she received a law degree in 1995 from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Occupation: A federal magistrate for Ohio’s Northern District, based in Akron, since August 2008.
Past employment: A certified public accountant since 1989; federal court law clerk from 1996 to 1998; worked for Jones Day Reavis & Pogue law firm in Cleveland from 1998 to 2000; assistant U.S. attorney with its organized crime and public corruption task force from 2000 to 2008.
Interests: Animals, the outdoors and long-distance running.
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