Background
Beckwith, Sandra Shank was born on December 4, 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Beckwith, Sandra Shank was born on December 4, 1943 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
University of Cincinnati (Bachelor of Arts, 1965. Juris Doctor, 1968). Betty Kuhn Memorial Prize, Top Woman Law School Graduate.
Private practice, Harrison, Ohio, 1969—1977, 1979—1981. Judge Hamilton County Municipal Court, Cincinnati, 1977—1979, 1981—1986, commissioner, 1989—1991. Judge Court Common Pleas, Hamilton County Division Domestic Relations, 1987—1989.
Associate Graydon, Head & Ritchey, 1989—1991. Judge United States District Court (southern district) Ohio, 1992—2004, chief judge, 2004—2009, senior judge, since 2009. Member Ohio Chief Justice's Code of Professional Responsibility Commission, 1984, Ohio Governor's Committee on Prison Crowding, 1984-1990, State Federal Committee on Death Penalty Habeas Corpus, since 1995.
President 6th Circuit District Judges Association, 1998-1999. Chair Southern District Ohio Automation Committee, since 1997.
"Cinti Bell v. Cooper," 230, Misc. 2dg, 491 NE 2d, 411, 1985. "Langebrunner Inc. v.Davis Const.," 2 O. Misc. 2dg. II 988 NE 2d 506, 1984. Adjunct Professor, U.C. College of Law, 1976.Judge, Hamilton County Municipal Court, 1977-1979 and 1982-1986. Judge, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, 1987-1989. Hamilton County Commissioner, since 1989.
Member advisory board Tender Mercies. Member Federal Judges Association, Federal Bar Association (executive committee), Judicial Conference of the United States (member committee on defender services).