Judge Jackson returned to public service in 2003 as an assistant special counsel for the U.S. She also worked as an associate at the firm now known as Feinberg Rozen, LLP. Her work on this matter is discussed in more detail below. A unanimous, three-judge panel of the First Circuit, in an opinion by Reagan appointee Bruce Selya, affirmed Judge Jackson’s position, and the Supreme Court later denied review. Reilly, Judge Jackson authored an amicus brief defending a six-foot, floating buffer zone lawon behalf of Massachusetts-based women’s rights groups, including the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts and the YWCA of Cambridge. After her clerkship with Justice Breyer, Judge Jackson represented clients in criminal and civil appellate matters at Goodwin Procter LLP. Judge Jackson lives with her husband and two daughters in Washington, D.C.Īfter her first two clerkships, Judge Jackson worked as a litigation associate at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin LLP. She also has two uncles who were police officers, including one who served as Police Chief for the City of Miami Police Department. Her brother was a police officer who also did two tours of duty as an Army officer in Iraq and Egypt. In addition to having an uncle who was incarcerated, Judge Jackson has several family members that served in law enforcement. Judge Jackson was exposed to the intricacies of the criminal justice system through family members on both sides of the system. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and Judge Patti B. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Bruce M. After law school, Judge Jackson clerked for three federal judges appointed by presidents of both political parties: Associate Justice Stephen G. She went on to earn her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1996, where she was a supervising editor of the Harvard Law Review. in Government, magna cum laude, and then worked for a year as a staff reporter and researcher at Time Magazine, Inc. She graduated from Harvard University in 1992 with a B.A. At Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Judge Jackson was a high achiever but was told by a guidance counselor that she should not set her “sights so high.” Judge Jackson’s father went to law school after she was born, and she traces her interest in law to sitting with him in their apartment as he completed his assignments. Her parents were both public school teachers who moved the family to Miami, Florida, where Judge Jackson grew up. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. Sentencing Commission and in the District of Columbia’s Office of the Federal Public Defender. Before her time as a federal judge, Judge Jackson’s experience included service on the U.S. Her record as a judge demonstrates that she is a fair, impartial jurist with a clear commitment to protecting the constitutional rights of all people. She served for eight and a half years on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. She was confirmed three times by the U.S. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has had a distinguished career as an attorney and jurist.
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