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Susan Watters' Biography

Contact Information

James F. Battin Federal Courthouse
2601 2nd Avenue North, 5th Floor
Billings, MT 59101

Full Name:

Susan Pamela Watters

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1958

Birth Place:

Billings, MT

Home City:

Helena, MT

JD, School of Law, University of Montana, 1988

BA, Montana State University at Billings, 1980

No political experience information on file.

Member, Montana District Courts Judicial Workload Assessment Study Committee, 2006-2010

Member, Drug Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Policy Task Force, 2002

Member, Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney, 1995-1998

Judge, United States District Court, District of Montana, 2013-present

District Judge, Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Montana, 1998-2013

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, District of Montana, May 23, 2013

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Montana, December 12, 2013

Senior Associate, Hendrickson, Everson, Noennin and Woodward Professional Corporation (PC), 1996-1998

Owner/Attorney, Watters Law Firm, 1995-1996

Deputy County Attorney, Yellowstone County, Montana, 1989-1995

Law Clerk, Honorable Diane G. Barz, Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Montana, 1988-1989

Law Clerk, Honorable Maurice Colberg, Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Montana, 1989

Member, Montana Judges' Association, 1998-present

Member, Montana State Bar Association, 1988-present

President, Montana Judges' Association, 2006-2007

Member, Board of Directors, Child and Family Intervention Center, 1996-2002

Member, Board of Directors, Tumbleweed Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, 1996-2002

President, Tumbleweed Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, 2001-2002

Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1996-1998

Member, Yellowstone County Bar Association, 1988-1998

Member, Board of Directors, Yellowstone County Bar Association, 1994-1996

Member, Board of Directors, Youth Information Management Team, 1990-1994

Member, Board of Directors, Serious Habitual Offender Program, 1990-1991

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