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Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2021
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The Senate voted 53–40 on the nomination on Jun 24, 2021 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed53–40 · Jun 24, 2021
Education
- Princeton UniversityA.B., 2000
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 2005
Career
Law clerk, Hon. David H. Coar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2005-2006; Law clerk, Hon. Roger L. Gregory, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2006-2007; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2007-2010; Staff attorney, Federal Public Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois, 2010-2020; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2020-2021
Biography
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi (born 1979) is an American jurist and attorney who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since July 2021. She was previously a staff attorney at the federal defender program in the Northern District of Illinois from 2010 to 2020 and a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, D.C., from 2020 to 2021.
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