Jessica G. L. Clarke

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Jessica Clarke
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Personal details
Born
Jessica Gloria Lynn Clarke

1983 (age 38–39)
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University (BA)
Ohio State University (JD)

Jessica Gloria Lynn Clarke (born 1983)[1] is an American lawyer from New York who is a nominee to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Education[]

Clarke received her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in 2005 and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2008.[2]

Legal career[]

Clarke began her law career as a law clerk for Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 2008 to 2010. From 2010 to 2016, she served as a trial attorney in the Housing & Civil Enforcement Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. She previously worked at the boutique litigation firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady Ward & Maazel LLP, first as an associate from 2016 to 2018 and then as of counsel from 2018 to 2019. Since 2019, she has served as chief of the Civil Rights Bureau at the New York State Office of Attorney General, overseeing the bureau's work on violations of civil rights law in New York.[3]

Nomination to district court[]

On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Clarke to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, after Judge Colleen McMahon took senior status on April 21, 2021.[4] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On January 12, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On February 10, 2022, the committee deadlocked on her nomination in an 11–11 party-line vote.[6][7] In order to advance her nomination out of committee, the full Senate must vote on a motion to discharge.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Chuck Schumer Recommends 3 Progressive Women for Federal Judgeships". September 2021.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. January 11, 2022.
  6. ^ Wagner, Rose. "Three judicial nominees make it through blue-slip debacle and out of committee". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  8. ^ Raymond, Nate (20 January 2022). "U.S. Senate confirms 9th Circuit nominee; panel deadlocks on 3 Biden judicial picks". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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