Nancy Abudu

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Nancy Abudu
Personal details
Born
Nancy Gbana Abudu

1974 (age 47–48)
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Tulane University (JD)

Nancy Gbana Abudu (born 1974)[1] is an American lawyer from Georgia. She is a nominee to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Early life and education[]

Abudu was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, the daughter of immigrants from Ghana.[2] After graduating from Mercersburg Academy in 1992, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1996 and a Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School in 1999.[3][4]

Career[]

From 1999 to 2001, Abudu was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. From 2002 to 2004, she served as a staff attorney for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. From 2005 to 2013, she was a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union Voting Rights Project. From 2013 to 2019, she was the legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. During her time with the ACLU, Abudu specialized in voting rights law.[5] Since 2019, she has worked as the deputy legal director and interim director for strategic litigation at the Southern Poverty Law Center.[3][6]

Nomination to court of appeals[]

On December 23, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Abudu to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. On January 10, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Abudu to the seat vacated by Judge Beverly B. Martin, who retired on September 30, 2021.[7] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. If confirmed, Abudu would be the first African-American woman to sit on the Eleventh Circuit, which covers Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nancy G. Abudu Fact Sheet". Alliance for Justice. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Nancy Abudu '92: Voting and Working for Fairness". Mercersburg Academy. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Twelfth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Voting-Themed School Meeting Features Two Alumni". Mercersburg Academy. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  5. ^ "Q&A: ACLU attorney Nancy Abudu focused on voting rights". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  6. ^ "Challenging Regressive Voting Rights Policies: A discussion with Nancy Abudu, Interim Director of Strategic Litigation & Deputy Legal Director for the Voting Rights Program for the Southern Poverty Law Center". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  7. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 10, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ Long, Colleen (December 23, 2021). "40 federal judges confirmed in 2021; Biden nominates 2 more". Associated Press.

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