Danny C. Reeves

Personal

Birthday: 
1957
Birthplace: 
Corbin, KY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Law clerk, Hon. Eugene E. Siler, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, 1981-1983
Private practice, Kentucky, 1983-2001

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, August 2, 2001; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
Eastern Kentucky University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1978
Name of School - Second: 

Salman P. Chase College of Law

Chase College of Law offers a first-rate legal education that is unique in several respects and that adds exceptional value beyond the basic law school curriculum. For example, Chase College of Law offers extensive opportunities to gain valuable practical experience beyond the classroom through its exceptional clinical externship program, which provides legal placements for academic credit. Recent externship placements have included federal and state courts; federal and state public defenders' offices; federal, state and county prosecutors' offices; the U.S. Department of Labor; the National Labor Relations Board; the Internal Revenue Service; the Kentucky Legislature, the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy's Innocence Project; city, county and regional legal aid offices; county and Commonwealth's attorneys' offices; and the Children's Law Center. This range of legal externship opportunities is among the finest at law schools across the nation.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1981

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
Court Name: 

Kentucky Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
George W. Bush
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/10/2001