Robin J. Cauthron

Robin J. Cauthron
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Incumbent
Assumed office July 14, 2015
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
In office 2001–2008
Preceded by	David Lynn Russell
Succeeded by	Vicki Miles-LaGrange
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
In office March 25, 1991 – July 14, 2015
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	Charles Barnes Goodwin
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-14) July 14, 1950 Edmond, Oklahoma
Education	University of Oklahoma (B.A.) Central State University, Oklahoma (M.Ed.) University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D.)

Robin J. Cauthron (born July 14, 1950) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Biography

Born in Edmond, Oklahoma, Cauthron received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1970, a Master of Education from Central State University, Oklahoma in 1974, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1977. She was a law clerk to Judge Ralph Gordon Thompson of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma from 1977 to 1981. She was a staff attorney of Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma, Inc., in Hugo from 1981 to 1982. She was in private practice in Idabel from 1982 to 1983. She was a special district judge, Oklahoma District Court, 17th Judicial District from 1983 to 1986.

Federal judicial service

Cauthron served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma from 1986 to 1991. On February 7, 1991, Cauthron was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1991, and received her commission on March 25, 1991. She served as Chief Judge from 2001 to 2008. She assumed senior status on July 14, 2015.

Sources

• Robin J. Cauthron at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.