Arianna J. Freeman

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Arianna Freeman
Personal details
Born
Arianna Julia Freeman

1978 (age 43–44)[1]
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Arianna Julia Freeman (born 1978) is an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who is a nominee to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Early life and education[]

Freeman was born in 1978 in Boston.[2] She received her Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from Swarthmore College in 2001 and her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2007.[3]

Legal career[]

Freeman started her legal career as a law clerk for Judge C. Darnell Jones II from 2008 to 2009, and Judge James T. Giles from 2007 to 2008, both on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She has worked at the Federal Community Defender Office since 2009, including as an assistant federal defender in the Non-Capital Habeas Unit from 2014 to 2016, and as a research and writing specialist from 2009 to 2014. Since 2016, she has been a managing attorney with the Federal Community Defender office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.[3]

Nomination to court of appeals[]

On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Freeman to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. President Biden nominated Freeman to the seat vacated by Judge Theodore McKee, who on July 29, 2021, notified the White House that he intended to take senior status upon confirmation of his successor.[4] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. If confirmed, she would be the first African-American woman to serve on the Third Circuit.[5][6] On January 28, 2022, following Justice Stephen Breyer's announcement of his intention to retire as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Freeman was mentioned as one of the potential nominees for a Supreme Court appointment by President Joe Biden.[7] On March 2, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.afj.org/nominee/arianna-j-freeman/
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 19, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Alder, Madison (January 19, 2022). "Biden Nominee Would be First Black Woman on Third Circuit (Corrected)". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. ^ DeJesus, Ivey (January 19, 2022). "Biden nominates first Black woman, a Philadelphia public defender, to federal appeals court serving Pennsylvania". mcall.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  7. ^ de Vogue, Ariane. "White House considering wider list of Supreme Court nominees". CNN. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  8. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 28, 2022.
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