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Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- April 19, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 28, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 20, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 40
- Confirmed
- June 24, 2021
- Commissioned
- July 1, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1979, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. David H. Coar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2005-2006
- Law clerk, Hon. Roger L. Gregory, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2006-2007
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2007-2010
- Staff attorney, Federal Public Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois, 2010-2020
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2020-2021
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