Nancy Garlock Edmunds

Nancy Garlock Edmunds
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office August 1, 2012
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
In office February 10, 1992 – August 1, 2012
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
Succeeded by	Judith Ellen Levy
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 68–69) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Cornell University (B.A., 1969) University of Chicago (Master of Arts in Teaching, 1971) Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 1976)

Nancy Garlock Edmunds (born 1947) is a senior United States federal judge.

Early life

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Edmunds received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1969, a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Chicago in 1971, and a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School in 1976.

Early career

She was a law clerk to Hon. Ralph M. Freeman, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan from 1976 to 1978. She was in private practice in Detroit, Michigan from 1978 to 1992.

Federal judge

On September 11, 1991, Edmunds was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Richard Fred Suhrheinrich. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 6, 1992, and received her commission on February 10, 1992. She assumed senior status on August 1, 2012.

Sources

• Nancy Garlock Edmunds at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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