Judith Ellen Levy

Judith Ellen Levy (born 1958) is an American lawyer who has served since 2014 as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Judith Ellen Levy
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office March 14, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Nancy Garlock Edmunds
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 62–63) Bloomington, Indiana
Residence	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Education	University of Michigan (B.S.) University of Michigan Law School (J.D.)

Early life

Levy was born in 1958 in Bloomington, Indiana.[1] She received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981 from the University of Michigan. Levy worked at the University of Michigan Hospital and served as the bargaining chairperson for Local 1583 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for six years.[2]

Levy is openly gay and has three daughters.[3]

Legal career

Levy received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1996 from the University of Michigan Law School. From 1996 to 1999, she worked as a law clerk to Judge Bernard A. Friedman of the U.S. 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. From 2000 to 2014, Levy served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, and was Chief of the Civil Rights Unit in 2010–2014.[4][5]

Judicial service

On July 25, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Levy to serve as a federal judge on 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.[4] A cloture vote on her nomination passed on March 11, 2014 by 56–42.[6] On March 12, 2014, the full U.S. Senate voted 97–0 for final confirmation.[7] She received her judicial commission on March 14, 2014.[5]

References

1. "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
2. Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1992-1993) Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Board of Regents
3. "Openly Gay Attorney One of Six Nominated to District Court Today, Human Rights Campaign blog". Hrc.org. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
4. "President Obama Nominates Six to Serve on the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
5. "Levy, Judith Ellen – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
6. "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
7. "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session". www.senate.gov.

External links

• Judith Ellen Levy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Judith Ellen Levy at Ballotpedia