Holly Lou Teeter

Holly Lou Teeter ( Hydeman; born 1979) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Early life and education Teeter was born Holly Lou Hydeman in 1979 in Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. Teeter studied chemical engineering at the University of Kansas, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science with highest distinction. She earned a diploma in legal studies from the University of Oxford in 2003, then returned to the United States to attend the University of Kansas School of Law, where she was a member of the Kansas Law Review. She graduated in 2006 ranked first in her class with a Juris Doctor degree and Order of the Coif honors. Career After graduating from law school, Teeter practiced patent law at Los Alamos National Security from 2006 to 2007 and at the Kansas City law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon from 2007 to 2011. Teeter was a law clerk for judge Carlos Murguia of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas from 2011 to 2013 and for judge Brian C. Wimes of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri from 2013 to 2016.