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Sheria Akins Clarke
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 38Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- March 2, 2026
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 25, 2026
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 30, 2026
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 38
- Confirmed
- May 19, 2026
- Commissioned
- June 18, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1981, 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. Ann Marie Calabria, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2006-2007
- Private practice, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2007
- Senior law clerk, Hon. Wanda G. Bryant, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2007-2009
- Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics, 2009-2014
- Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, 2014-2016
- Counsel, U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, chair of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics, 2017
- Staff director, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 2017-2019
- Private practice, Greenville, South Carolina, 2019-2021, 2024-2026
- Adjunct professor, Wofford College, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 2021-2024
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