Judith Ellen Levy
| Judith Levy | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
| Assumed office March 14, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Nancy Edmunds |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Residence | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
Judith Ellen Levy (born 1958) is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Biography
Levy was born in 1958 in Bloomington, Indiana.[1] She received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981 from the University of Michigan. She received a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, in 1996 from the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to her attendance at law school, she worked at the University of Michigan Hospital and served as the bargaining chairperson for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for six years. From 1996 to 1999, she served as a law clerk to Judge Bernard A. Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. From 1999 to 2000, she was a trial attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Since 2000, she has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, serving as Chief of the Civil Rights Unit for the past three years.[2]
Personal
Levy is openly gay and has three daughters.[3]
Federal judicial service
On July 25, 2013, President Obama nominated Levy to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to the seat vacated by Judge Nancy Garlock Edmunds, who took senior status on August 1, 2012. .[2] On January 16, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee.[4]
A cloture vote was held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 on the Levy nomination; cloture was invoked by a vote of 56-42. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 the full U.S. Senate voted 97-0 for final confirmation.[5] She received her judicial commission on March 14, 2014.[6]
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External links
- Judith Ellen Levy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 2014–present |
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