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Jia Michelle Cobb
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- June 15, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 14, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), August 5, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 45
- Confirmed
- October 26, 2021
- Commissioned
- November 12, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1980, 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. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2005-2006
- Staff attorney, Trial Division, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 2006-2012; supervisor, Juvenile Section, 2010-2012
- Adjunct professor, trial advocacy, American University Washington College of Law, 2011
- Private practice, Washington, D.C. 2012-2021
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