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Doris Lenea Pryor

Doris Lenea Pryor

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1977 in Hope, AR

FJC ID: 12905966

Doris Lenea Pryor (née Clark; born 1977) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2022. She served as a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana from 2018 to 2022.

Gender
Female
Race
African American

Prior employment

  1. Indiana University Maurer School of Law
    Instructor · 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
  2. Southern District of Indiana
    Southern District of Indiana
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 2006–2018
    • national security chief · 2014–2018
  3. Indiana University McKinney School of Law
    Adjunct professor · 2015
  4. Miller County, Arkansas
    Deputy public defender · 2005–2006
  5. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
  6. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Appointments

  1. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
    2022–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)

Education

  1. Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)
    J.D. · 2003
  2. University of Central Arkansas
    B.S. · 1999