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Nicole Gina Berner
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 47Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 8, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 18, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 47
- Confirmed
- March 19, 2024
- Commissioned
- March 19, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1965, 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. Betty Binns Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. Thelton E. Henderson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Jerusalem, Israel, 1999-2000
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-2004
- Staff attorney, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, D.C., 2004-2006
- Service Employees International Union, Washington, D.C., 2006-2024; associate general counsel, 2006-2014; deputy general counsel, 2014-2017; general counsel (on full-time retainer from law firm), 2017-2024
- Adjunct professor, Vanderbilt Law School, 2023-2024
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