U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
ABA Rating: Qualified
Nominated by President Donald Trump
Confirmed 48-47 on December 16, 2020
- Middle Tennessee State University, BS 2006
- George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, JD 2009
- Clerk to Judge Raymond Gruender, United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- Private Practice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2010-2014
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy, 2017-2019
- Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy, 2019-2020
- Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy, 2020
Democrats who opposed her confirmation:
Baldwin (D-WI), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT), Booker (D-NJ), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Coons (D-DE), Cortez Masto (D-NV), Duckworth (D-IL), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Gillibrand (D-NY), Hassan (D-NH), Heinrich (D-NM), Hirono (D-HI), Jones (D-AL), Kaine (D-VA), Kelly (D-AZ), King (I-ME), Klobuchar (D-MN), Leahy (D-VT), Manchin (D-WV), Markey (D-MA), Menendez (D-NJ), Merkley (D-OR), Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Peters (D-MI), Reed (D-RI), Rosen (D-NV), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Sinema (D-AZ), Smith (D-MN), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-NM), Van Hollen (D-MD), Warner (D-VA), Warren (D-MA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)