Born 1958 in Columbia, SC

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Nominated by Barack Obama on March 16, 2011, to a seat vacated by Henry Franklin Floyd. Confirmed by the Senate on June 18, 2012, and received commission on June 20, 2012.

Education:
Clemson University, B.A., 1980
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1984

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Owens Taylor Cobb, Jr., South Carolina Circuit Court, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1984-1985
Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina, 1985-2012

Miscellaneous Information:

Former names: Mary Wallis Geiger, Mary Geiger Foster