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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 47Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- February 28, 2022
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 21, 2022
- Committee action
- Not Reported, April 4, 2022
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 47
- Confirmed
- April 7, 2022
- Commissioned
- April 8, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1970, 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.
Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by Joseph R. Biden; commissioned ; Senate vote 53 to 44. Service ended June 29, 2022: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appointed by Barack Obama; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended June 17, 2021: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1996-1997
- Law clerk, Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2007-2010
- Law clerk, Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000-2002
- Assistant special counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2003-2005
- Assistant federal public defender, District of Columbia, 2005-2007
- Vice chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2010-2014
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