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Elizabeth Lee Branch
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 73 to 23Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 8, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 18, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 73 to 23
- Confirmed
- February 27, 2018
- Commissioned
- March 19, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1968, 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. J. Owen Forrester, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1994-1996
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996-2004, 2008-2012
- Associate general counsel for rules and legislation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2004-2005
- Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 2005-2008; special assistant to the administrator, 2005-2006; counselor to the administrator, 2006-2008
- Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia, 2012-2018
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