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Sherri Allen Lydon

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina · 2019

Sherri Allen Lydon, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. The Senate voted 76–13 on the nomination on Dec 5, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed). Cheryl "Sherri" Allen Lydon (née Allen; born 1962) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She previously served as the United States attorney for the same district. She was the first woman to serve as a presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina.

Senate votes: 1

Senate confirmation votes

United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina
116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed76–13 · Dec 5, 2019

Education

Clemson UniversityB.A., 1983
University of South Carolina School of LawJ.D., 1987

Career

Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina, 1987-1990, 1995-2003, 2005-2018; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 1990-1993; Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1993-1995; Chief, State Grand Jury, Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, 2003-2004; U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, 2018-2019

Biography

Cheryl "Sherri" Allen Lydon (née Allen; born 1962) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She previously served as the United States attorney for the same district. She was the first woman to serve as a presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina.

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