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Jerry Edwards, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Active service.
Confirmed 66 to 24Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- June 8, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 12, 2023
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 14, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 66 to 24
- Confirmed
- December 14, 2023
- Commissioned
- December 22, 2023
- 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, Louisiana District Court, First Judicial District, 2005-2006
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 2006-2019
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Louisiana, 2019-2023; deputy chief, Civil Division, 2020; chief, Civil Division, 2020-2022; first assistant U.S. attorney, 2022-2023
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