Benita Y. Pearson
| Benita Yalonda Pearson | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
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Assumed office December 27, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Peter C. Economus |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
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In office August 2008 – December 27, 2010 |
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| Born | February 1963 (age 53–54) Cleveland, Ohio |
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Georgetown University B.S. Cleveland–Marshall College of Law J.D. |
Benita Yalonda Pearson (born February 1963) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and formerly a United States Magistrate Judge on the same court.
Born and raised in Cleveland, Pearson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Georgetown University in 1985 and then earned a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University in 1995.
From 1985 until 1992, Pearson worked for BP, first as a corporate accountant (1985–1987) and then as a supervisor of retail marketing accounting (1987–1990) and then in retail sales (1990–1992).
From 1992 until 1994, Pearson worked as a law clerk for a Cleveland law firm, and from 1995 until 1996, Pearson served as a litigation associate for a Cleveland law firm. From 1996 until 1998, Pearson served as a law clerk for United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Judge John Michael Manos. From 1998 until 2000, Pearson served as a general litigation associate for Jones Day Reavis & Pogue in Cleveland.
From 2000 until 2008, Pearson served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Cleveland.
In August 2008, Pearson became a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
In July 2009, Pearson was recommended to serve as a United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by both Ohio Senators, Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican George Voinovich. On December 3, 2009, President Obama formally nominated Pearson to serve on the Northern District of Ohio. Pearson was chosen to fill the seat vacated by Judge Peter C. Economus, who had taken senior status.
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