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Claria Horn Boom
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Claria Horn Boom serves on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed Apr 10, 2018 by a 96–1 Senate vote. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Confirmed
- Apr 10, 2018
- Senate vote
- 96–1
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1969
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of KentuckyDonald J. Trump · Apr 10, 2018
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of KentuckyDonald J. Trump · Apr 10, 2018
Education
- Transylvania UniversityB.A., 1991
- Vanderbilt University Law SchoolJ.D., 1994
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Pierce Lively, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1994-1995; Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1995-1998; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1998-2001; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2002; Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky, 2002-2005, 2006-2018; Kentucky Equine Education Project, Lexington, Kentucky, 2004-2005; executive director, 2004-2005; director of strategy and research, 2005; Member, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2022-2025
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