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Sarah Evans Barker (born June 10, 1943) is a Senior
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of the
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.


Education and career

Born in
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,
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, Barker received a
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degree from
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in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from American University
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in 1969. She was a legislative assistant for
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in 1969 and for
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from 1969 to 1971. She was a special counsel to the United States Senate Government Operations Committee, permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in
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from 1971 to 1972. She was a director of research and director of scheduling and advance to Senator Percy's re-election campaign in 1972. She then served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana from 1972 to 1976, and as a First Assistant United States Attorney from 1976 to 1977. She was in private practice in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1977 to 1981. She was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 1981 to 1984. In 2012, Barker received the
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Advancing American Democracy Award.


Federal judicial service

On February 14, 1984, Barker was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the
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vacated by Judge Cale James Holder. Barker was confirmed by the
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on March 13, 1984, and received her commission the following day, becoming the first female federal judge in Indiana. She served as Chief Judge from 1994 to 2000. Barker assumed
senior status Senior status is a form of semi- retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at leas ...
effective June 30, 2014.


See also

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List of first women lawyers and judges in Indiana This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Indiana. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their st ...


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Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session-second session on confirmation hearings on appointments to the federal judiciary and the Department of Justice. pt.3 (1985)
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