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Jerry Edwards Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana · 2023
Jerry Edwards Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. The Senate voted 66–24 on the nomination on Dec 14, 2023 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana
118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed66–24 · Dec 14, 2023
Education
- Georgia State UniversityB.A., 2002
- Vermont Law and Graduate SchoolJ.D., 2005
Career
Law clerk, Louisiana District Court, First Judicial District, 2005-2006; Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 2006-2019; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Louisiana, 2019-2023; deputy chief, Civil Division, 2020; chief, Civil Division, 2020-2022; first assistant U.S. attorney, 2022-2023
Biography
Jerry Edwards Jr. (born 1979) is an American lawyer from Louisiana who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana since 2023. He previously served as the first assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana from 2022 to 2023.
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