Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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.
Source: Benita Pearson