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Jia Cobb
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
November 12, 2021
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byEmmet G. Sullivan
Personal details
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Jia Michelle Cobb (born 1980)[1] is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She previously worked as a legal partner at Relman Colfax from 2012 to 2021.

Early life and education

Cobb was born in Springfield, Ohio. After graduating from Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan,[2] she attended Northwestern University, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. She then attended Harvard Law School, where she was a coordinating editor of the Harvard Law Review. She graduated in 2005 with a Juris Doctor, cum laude.[3]

Career

Cobb began her career as a

civil rights law firm from 2012 to 2021.[5] Cobb previously served as an elected member of the District of Columbia Bar's Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section Steering Committee.[4]

Federal judicial service

On June 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Cobb to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who assumed senior status on April 3, 2021.[6] Cobb was previously recommended for the position by House Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.[7] On July 14, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8] On August 5, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee a 13–9 vote.[9] On October 26, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–46 vote.[10] Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 52–45 vote.[11] She received her judicial commission on November 12, 2021.[12]

See also

  • List of African-American federal judges
  • List of African-American jurists

References

  1. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Gia Michelle Cobb" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Judge Jia M. Cobb '98 United States District Court for the District of Columbia | Mercy High School". www.mhsmi.org. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  3. ^ "President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations". The White House. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  4. ^ a b "District Judge Jia M. Cobb | District of Columbia | United States District Court".
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  6. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. June 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "Norton Recommends Jia Cobb for U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia". Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  8. ^ "Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. 14 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 5, 2021" (PDF). Washington, D.C. August 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jia M. Cobb to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia)". United States Senate. October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia)". United States Senate. October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  12. ^ Jia M. Cobb at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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