• Source: Tiffany R. Johnson

      • Tiffany Rene Johnson (born 1986) is an American lawyer who is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.


      Education


      Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 2009 and a Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2012.


      Career


      From 2012 to 2017, Johnson worked as a litigation associate at the Atlanta law firm of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP. Since 2017, she has served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia; she served in the office's civil division until 2020, when she transferred to its criminal division.


      = Nomination to district court

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      On July 31, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Johnson to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. President Biden nominated Johnson to the seat being vacated by Judge Steve C. Jones, who will assume senior status on January 1, 2025. Johnson, age 37 at the time of her nomination, was one of the youngest people to be nominated to the federal judiciary by Biden. On September 25, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On November 21, 2024, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by an 11–10 party-line vote. On December 5, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–45 vote. On December 9, 2024, her nomination was confirmed by a 48–44 vote. She is awaiting her judicial commission.


      See also


      List of African American jurists
      List of African American federal judges


      References




      External links


      Tiffany R. Johnson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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