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Sherri Allen Lydon
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Active service.
Confirmed 76 to 13Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- October 15, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 16, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 76 to 13
- Confirmed
- December 5, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 10, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1962, 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
- Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina, 1987-1990, 1995-2003, 2005-2018
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina, 1990-1993
- Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1993-1995
- Chief, State Grand Jury, Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, 2003-2004
- U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina, 2018-2019
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