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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Active judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Ketanji Brown Jackson serves on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Joseph R. Biden and confirmed Apr 7, 2022 by a 53–47 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Confirmed
- Apr 7, 2022
- Senate vote
- 53–47
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1970
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaBarack Obama · Mar 23, 2013 – Jun 17, 2021
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitJoseph R. Biden · Jun 14, 2021 – Jun 29, 2022
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesJoseph R. Biden · Apr 7, 2022
Education
- Harvard UniversityB.A., 1992
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1996
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1996-1997; Law clerk, Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1997-1998; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2007-2010; Law clerk, Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000; Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000-2002; Assistant special counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2003-2005; Assistant federal public defender, District of Columbia, 2005-2007; Vice chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2010-2014
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