The President is asserting his intent to appoint one particular person to a federal circuit court docket, 4 people to federal district courts, and two people to the District of Columbia Superior Court docket—all of whom are terribly certified, skilled, and dedicated to the rule of legislation and our Structure.
These decisions additionally proceed to satisfy the President’s promise to make sure that the nation’s courts replicate the range that’s considered one of our best belongings as a rustic—each when it comes to private {and professional} backgrounds.
This might be President Biden’s forty-seventh spherical of nominees for federal judicial positions, bringing the variety of introduced federal judicial nominees to 229.
The President can also be asserting his intent to appoint one particular person to function U.S. Marshal. This official might be indispensable to upholding the rule of legislation and was chosen for his devotion to implementing the legislation, his professionalism, his expertise and credentials, and his dedication to pursuing equal justice for all.
The President has now introduced 28 nominees to function U.S. Marshals.
United States Circuit Court docket Announcement
- Kevin G. Ritz: Nominee for the USA Court docket of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Kevin G. Ritz has served as the USA Legal professional for the Western District of Tennessee since 2022. From 2005 to 2022, Mr. Ritz labored as an Assistant U.S. Legal professional within the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Western District of Tennessee, the place he served as Appellate Chief from 2018 to 2022, Particular Counsel to the U.S. Legal professional from 2011 to 2022, and Felony Appellate Chief from 2010 to 2018. Earlier in his profession, Mr. Ritz served as a legislation clerk for Decide Julia Smith Gibbons on the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Ritz additionally served as Chair of the Tennessee Bar Affiliation’s Appellate Observe Part and President of the Memphis/Mid-South Chapter of the Federal Bar Affiliation. He acquired his J.D. from the College of Virginia Faculty of Regulation in 2004, his M.S. from the Georgetown College Faculty of International Service in 1999, and his B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from the College of Virginia in 1997.
United States District Court docket Bulletins
- Brian E. Murphy: Nominee for the USA District Court docket for the District of Massachusetts
Brian E. Murphy has been a companion at Murphy & Rudolf LLP since 2011. The agency was often called Murphy & Vander Salm LLP from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Murphy was beforehand an Affiliate Legal professional at Todd and Weld LLP from 2009 to 2011 and a public defender on the Committee for Public Counsel Companies from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Murphy additionally served as a supervising legal professional for the Worcester County Bar Advocates from 2015 to 2019. He acquired his J.D. from Columbia Regulation Faculty in 2006 and his B.A. from The School of Holy Cross in 2002.
- Decide Rebecca L. Pennell: Nominee for the USA District Court docket for the Japanese District of Washington
Decide Rebecca L. Pennell has been a decide on the Washington Court docket of Appeals in Spokane since 2016. She was beforehand a public defender with the Federal Defenders of Japanese Washington and Idaho from 2000 to 2016. From 1999 to 2000, Decide Pennell was a Skadden Fellow at TeamChild, a corporation that gives authorized providers to youths in Yakima, Washington. She served as a legislation clerk for Decide Robert Whaley on the U.S. District Court docket for the Japanese District of Washington from 1997 to 1999. Decide Pennell acquired her J.D. from Stanford Regulation Faculty in 1996 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the College of Washington in 1993.
- Detra Shaw-Wilder: Nominee for the USA District Court docket for the Southern District of Florida
Detra Shaw-Wilder has been an legal professional in non-public follow at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton in Coral Gables, Florida since 1994, rising from affiliate to companion. From 2015 to 2017, Ms. Shaw-Wilder was managing companion of the agency and has served as normal counsel for the agency since 2017. She acquired her J.D. from the College of Miami Faculty of Regulation in 1994 and her B.S. from the College of Florida in 1990.
- Jeannette Vargas: Nominee for the USA District Court docket for the Southern District of New York
Jeannette Vargas has been an Assistant United States Legal professional within the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York since 2002. She has served as Deputy Chief within the Civil Division of that workplace since 2016 and was beforehand Senior Trial Counsel from 2014 to 2016 and Chief of the Tax and Chapter Unit from 2010 to 2014. Earlier than that, Ms. Vargas labored as an affiliate at Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP from 2000 to 2001. In between non-public follow and becoming a member of the U.S. Legal professional’s workplace, she served as a legislation clerk for Decide Sonia Sotomayor on the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2001 to 2002. Ms. Vargas acquired her J.D. from Yale Regulation Faculty in 2000 and her A.B, magna cum laude, from Harvard School in 1995.
District of Columbia Superior Court docket Bulletins
- Decide Rahkel Bouchet: Nominee for the District of Columbia Superior Court docket
Decide Rahkel Bouchet has been a Justice of the Peace Decide for the District of Columbia Superior Court docket since 2016 and is presently the Deputy Presiding Justice of the Peace Decide. Decide Bouchet was additionally the Presiding Decide for the D.C. Household Remedy Court docket, throughout the D.C. Superior Court docket, in 2017. Previous to becoming a member of the bench, Decide Bouchet labored as a solo practitioner from 1998 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2015. In 2007, Decide Bouchet was a structured-settlements counsel at Seneca One LLC. Along with her non-public follow, Decide Bouchet was beforehand the Supervising Legal professional of the Youngster Welfare/Household Justice Clinic at Howard College Faculty of Regulation from 2013 to 2015. She acquired her J.D. from Howard College Faculty of Regulation in 1997 and her B.A., cum laude, from Howard College in 1993.
- John Cuong Truong: Nominee for the District of Columbia Superior Court docket
John Cuong Truong has been a Deputy Chief within the Civil Division of the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Columbia since 2022. He first joined that workplace in its Civil Division in 2005 and beforehand labored as an Assistant U.S. Legal professional within the Felony Division from 2008 to 2013. Previous to becoming a member of the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace, Mr. Truong labored as an affiliate at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Truong served as a legislation clerk for Decide Ricardo M. Urbina on the U.S. District Court docket for the District of Columbia from 1997 to 1998. He acquired his J.D. from American College in 1997 and his M.A. in 2003, and his B.A. from the College of Southern California in 1993.
United States Marshal Announcement
- Bobby Jack Woods: Nominee for United States Marshal for the Japanese District of Kentucky
Bobby Jack Woods served because the elected Sheriff of Boyd County, Kentucky from 2015 to 2023. He beforehand labored as a Floyd County Commonwealth Detective for the Kentucky Commonwealth Legal professional’s Workplace from 2006 to 2014 after serving for almost twenty years within the Kentucky State Police from 1984 to 2004. Earlier in his legislation enforcement profession, Mr. Woods was a Boyd County Police Officer from 1979 to 1984. He graduated from the Kentucky State Police Academy in 1985.
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