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Carl John Nichols
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 2019
Carl John Nichols, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Senate voted 55–43 on the nomination on May 22, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed55–43 · May 22, 2019
Education
- Dartmouth CollegeA.B., 1992
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1996
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1996-1997; Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1997-1998; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2005, 2010-2019; U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-2009; deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Division, 2005-2008; principal deputy associate attorney general, 2008-2009
Biography
Carl John Nichols (born 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since 2019. He has concurrently served as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court since 2024 and is the Presiding Judge of that court.
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