Background
Stivers, Gregory N. was born on June 20, 1960 in Hazard, Kentucky, United States.
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Gregory N. STIVERS
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Eastern Kentucky University (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1982). University of Kentucky (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Career
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 from Eastern Kentucky University. He received a Juris Doctor in 1985 from the University of Kentucky College of Law. His legal practice focused on employment and general civil litigation in Federal and State courts.
He also served as the designated outside legal counsel for Western Kentucky University.
On June 19, 2014, President Obama nominated Stivers to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas B. Russell, who took senior status on November 15, 2011. On July 29, 2014 a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary was held on his nomination.
On September 18, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On December 3, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on his nomination.
The Senate then voted 70-23 for cloture on the morning of December 4, 2014.
Later that same day, the Senate confirmed Stivers by voice vote. He received his federal judicial commission on December 5, 2014. Stivers is a neighbor of Senator.
Rand Paul.
At the time of Stivers" nomination, Paul"s Senate office in Bowling Green was in the same building that housed Stivers" law firm.
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Membership
Member: Bowling Green, Kentucky (Member, Sections on: Workers Compensation. Corporate, Banking and Business Law) and American Bar Associations. Kentucky Bankers Association, Bank Counsel Division.
