Summer 2004
The kid from Odessa
As he looked around the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room last June, Lonny Suko had not lost sight of how he got there.
At age 59, he had gone east to face questions about his ability to replace U.S. District Court judge William Fremming Nielson, who took senior status.
Did Suko have the personal and professional mettle to serve as judge for the Eastern District of Washington state?
His answer came July 15, when the Senate confirmed President Bush’s nomination of him by a 94-0 vote.
The trip to Washington D.C., a venture backed by the area’s Congressional delegation, capped what was a “tremendously … » More …