Stephen S. Schwartz

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Stephen S. Schwartz
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Assumed office
December 22, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byMarian Blank Horn
Personal details
Born
Stephen Sidney Schwartz

1983 (age 38–39)
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Stephen Sidney Schwartz (born 1983)[1] is a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Education and career[]

Schwartz received his Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from Yale University, and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. In 2008, he began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Jerry Edwin Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

After his clerkship, he became an associate in the litigation practice of Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. He then served as counsel at the Cause of Action Institute, a public interest law firm.[2] Before becoming a judge, Schwartz was a partner at Schaerr Jaffe LLP in Washington, D.C., where he litigated civil, constitutional, and administrative law matters in federal courts, including before the Supreme Court of the United States.[3]

Federal judicial service[]

On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Schwartz to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, to the seat vacated by Judge Lynn J. Bush, who took senior status on October 21, 2013. On July 25, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination.[4] His nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 11–9 on September 14, 2017.[5] On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[6] On January 8, 2018, the White House renominated 21 of 26 federal judicial nominees who had been returned by the U.S. Senate. Schwartz was not among the 21 individuals who were renominated.[7]

On October 2, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Schwartz to serve on the United States Court of Federal Claims.[8] On October 17, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Schwartz to the seat vacated by Judge Marian Blank Horn, who took senior status on March 9, 2018.[9] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the Senate.[10] On January 9, 2020, he was renominated to the same seat.[11] On May 14, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[12] On December 7, 2020, the Senate moved to invoke cloture on his nomination by a vote of 48–46.[13] On December 8, 2020, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 49–47 vote.[14] He received his judicial commission on December 22, 2020, and was sworn in on December 23, 2020.[15]

In October 2021, it was erroneously reported that Schwartz's was retiring on November 1, 2021.[16]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Stephen S. Schwartz
  2. ^ Boyer, Dave (June 7, 2017). "Trump nominates new slate of federal judges". Washington Times. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations". whitehouse.gov. June 7, 2017 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  5. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 14, 2017" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018
  7. ^ Dupree, Jamie (January 5, 2018). "Trump renominates two Georgians for federal judgeships". WSB Radio. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, October 2, 2019 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ "Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, October 17, 2019
  10. ^ "PN1243 – Nomination of Stephen Sidney Schwartz for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  11. ^ "Seven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 9, 2020
  12. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 14, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  13. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 2nd Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 2nd Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  15. ^ "Stephen S. Schwartz took the oath of office on December 23, 2020, as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims". www.uscfc.uscourts.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  16. ^ "Judge Stephen S. Schwartz Not Retiring on Nov. 1". www.uscfc.uscourts.gov. Retrieved October 20, 2021.

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