Judge Sarah Elizabeth Pitlyk

Judge Sarah Elizabeth Pitlyk

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Nominated by President Donald Trump

Confirmed 49-44 on December 4, 2019

  • Boston College B.A., 1999
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium M.A., 2001
  • Georgetown University M.A., 2006
  • Yale Law School J.D., 2008
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2008-2010, 2011-2012
  • Law clerk, Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2010-2011
  • Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 2013-2016
  • Special counsel, Thomas More Society, 2017-2019

Democrats who opposed her confirmation:

Baldwin (D-WI), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Carper (D-DE), Casey (D-PA), Collins (R-ME), 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), 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), 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), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)