A Pima County judge is moving up in the legal world to join the federal bench.
Superior Court Judge Scott H. Rash has been confirmed to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, the court announced in a news release Tuesday.
The U.S. Senate approved the appointment by a vote of 74-20.
Rash, nominated last year to his new post by President Trump, comes to the job with a decade of experience hearing civil, criminal and family-law cases in Pima County Superior Court. Before that, he spent a decade or so in private practice, and also served as an assistant ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ attorney general in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ for several years.
Earlier this year, the , a website co-founded by Fox ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ personality Tucker Carlson, ran an article that quoted several women who claimed Rash was biased against them when they appeared in his family courtroom in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥.
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But his federal appointment drew bipartisan praise from ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s two female U.S. senators, Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema.
Rash, a native of Minnesota, is an alumnus of the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s law school, from which he graduated in 1991.
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Contact reporter Carol Ann Alaimo at 573-4138 or calaimo@tucson.com. On Twitter: @StarHigherEd
