Judge Vratil was appointed to the federal bench by President Bush in 1992 prior to that time she served as a Municipal Judge after spending 15 years in private practice. She is an active member of numerous Bar organizations and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Kansas Bar Foundation, and Master, Kansas Inn of Court. Judge Vratil was the presiding judge in two recent high profile antitrust jury trials: Law et al v. NCAA, April 1998 and In re Aluminum Phosphide Antitrust Litigation, October 1995.