Pamela Pepper

Family

EDUCATION

Certification, Dispute Resolution, Marquette University, 2001-2003
JD, Cornell Law School, 1986-1989
BS, Northwestern University, 1982-1986

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

COMMITTEES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chief Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2019-present
Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2014-2019
Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2005-2014
Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2010-2014
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, November 20, 2014
Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, May 1, 2014
Associate Editor, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 2010-2013
Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 2005-2009
Adjunct Professor, Marquette Law School, 2001-2005
Owner/Sole Practitioner, Pamela Pepper, Attorney at Law, Service Corporation, 1997-1998, 2000-2005
Aerobics Instructor, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Metropolitan Milwaukee, 1996-2000
Partner, Cubbie & Pepper, Limited, 1998-2000
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1994-1997
Associate, Law Office of Robin Shellow, 1997
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, 1990-1994
Attorney, Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, 1990
Law Clerk, Honorable Frank M. Johnson, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1989-1990
Summer Associate, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, 1988-1989
Teaching Assistant, Cornell Law School, 1988-1989
Summer Associate, Adams & Reese, Limited Liability Parternship, 1987

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Secretary, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, 2013-2014
Member, OSCAR Working Group, 2012-present
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute Board, 2012-present
Bankruptcy Judge Representative, Human Resources Advisory Council of the Administrative Office of United States Courts, 2009-2012
Seventh Circuit Governor, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 2009-2012
Member, American Bankruptcy Institute C.A.R.E. Advisory Board, 2011-present
Co-Chair, Bankruptcy Bench Bar Committee, Milwaukee Bar Association, 2009-2011
Faculty Member, Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Institute, 2010-present
Secretary, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 2009-present
Member, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 2005-present
Chair, Criminal Law Section, Milwaukee Bar Association, 2003-2005
Chair, State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors, 2005
General Chair, Circuit Rider Committee, Seventh Circuit Bar Association, 2003-2005
Member, Wisconsin State Public Defender Board of Directors, 2003-2005
Member, Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2005
President, Milwaukee Bar Association, 2004-2005
Vice Chair, Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, Incorporated Board of Directors, 2000-2005
President-Elect/Vice President, Milwaukee Bar Association, 2003-2004
Secretary, State Bar of Wisconsin, 2002-2004
Treasurer, Association for Women Lawyers, 2003-2004
Member, Milwaukee Bar Association Board of Directors, 2002-2003
Member, Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, 2002-present
Chair, Judicial Selection Committee, Milwaukee Bar Association, 2002
Chair, Law Practice Management committee, Milwaukee Bar Association, 2000-2002
Member, Circuit Rider Committee, Seventh Circuit Bar Association, 2000-2002
Member, Association for Women Lawyers, 2000-present
Member, Thomas Fairchild Inns of Court, 2000-present
Member, American Bar Association, 2000-present
Chair, Supreme Court Rules Committee, State Bar Special Committee on Multi-Disciplinary Practice, 2000
Member, Local Rules Committee for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1999-2000
Member, Horizons, Incorporated Board of Directors, 1997-2000