Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Phillips (born 1969) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Mary Elizabeth Phillips
Missouri Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Born 1969 in Kirksville, MO
FJC ID: 3414
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri2009–2012- Western District of MissouriAssistant U.S. attorney · 2008–2009
- ↳litigation consultant · 2008
- Private practice, Leawood, Kansas2001–2008
- Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial CircuitSpecial prosecutor · 2002–2008
- Jackson County, MissouriAssistant prosecutor · 1997–2001
- U.S. Rep. Patsy Ann Danner of MissouriLegislative assistant · 1993–1994
Appointments
2012–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
- University of Missouri School of LawJ.D. · 1996
- University of ChicagoM.A. · 1992
- University of ChicagoB.A. · 1991