Women in Action: Clerk of Courts Nora Tyer-Witek brings military order to role
U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. clearly remembers the first time he met Nora Tyer-Witek. It was 2016, and Tyer-Witek was a finalist for the position of clerk of court. “She was the most prepared person I have ever interviewed for any job at any time in my 62 years of life,” said McConnell. Tyer-Witek, 46, didn’t fit the typical profile for the post. Rather than rising through the ranks of the court system, she had built a formidable 20-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, where she became a senior lawyer. That intrigued both McConnell and then-Chief Judge Will...
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