Ellen Lipton Hollander
Ellen Lipton Hollander | |
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 Hollander in 2012 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
| Assumed office January 4, 2022 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
| In office December 28, 2010 – January 4, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Andre M. Davis |
| Succeeded by | Julie Rubin |
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| Born | Ellen Frances Lipton May 24, 1949 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Goucher College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Ellen Frances Lipton Hollander (born May 24, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Early life and education
Born Ellen Frances LiptonHofstra University School of Law during the 1971 – 1972 academic year, but received no degree. She later obtained her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1974.[3]
Career
Between 1974 and 1975, Hollander was a law clerk to Judge
Maryland Court of Special Appeals (the state's intermediate appellate court) from 1994 until she became a federal judge.[4][3]
Federal judicial service
In April 2009, Hollander wrote to Senators
Benjamin Cardin expressing interest in her nomination to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland with respect to an anticipated vacancy. In June 2009, she submitted a written application to the merit selection committee composed of members of the Maryland Bar Association. She interviewed with the committee and became one of the persons on the short list of candidates submitted to the Senators. She was recommended by Cardin and Mikulski to President Barack Obama in December 2009.[1] Hollander was formally nominated on April 21, 2010, and her nomination was confirmed on December 18, 2010. She received her commission on December 28, 2010. Hollander assumed senior status on January 4, 2022.[3]
Notable cases
In
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that more factors had to be considered. However, Sara Gross, a lawyer for Baltimore, noted that “Judge Hollander has already rejected every single one of the fossil fuel defendants’ arguments, as have federal district court judges in ten other climate damage and deception cases around the country".[5]
Personal
Hollander married her husband, Rich Hollander, in 1972.[6] The couple has three children, including Baltimore Orioles broadcaster Brett Hollander.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The United States Senate. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ "Ellen L. Hollander, U.S. District Court Judge (Maryland)". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ a b c Ellen Lipton Hollander at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ President Obama Names Five to the United States District Court, whitehouse.gov (April 21, 2010).
- ^ "Big Oil Has A Big Win from the Supreme Court". Courthouse News. May 17, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ a b Rich Shea, Fatherland, Johns Hopkins Magazine (February 2008).
External links
- Ellen Lipton Hollander at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Ellen Lipton Hollander at Ballotpedia
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