President Obama Nominates Terrence J. Campbell to Serve on the United States District Court

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Terrence J. Campbell to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

“Terrence J. Campbell has had a distinguished legal career and I am honored to ask him to serve as a judge on the federal bench,” said President Obama. “I am confident he will serve the American people with distinction from the District Court bench.”

Terrence J. Campbell:  Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas

Terrence J. Campbell is a member in the law firm of Barber Emerson, L.C. in Lawrence, Kansas, where he practices both civil and criminal litigation.  He joined the firm as an associate in 1999 and was elevated to membership in 2005.  From 2005 to 2008, Campbell also served part-time as a Traffic Judge Pro Tem for the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas.  In 2001, Campbell served part-time as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law teaching contracts.  Campbell began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable John W. Lungstrum of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas from 1997 to 1999.  Campbell received his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1997 and his B.A. magna cum laude from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota in 1992.