Jia M. Cobb

Jia Michelle Cobb (born 1980)[1] is an American attorney and jurist 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.

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 4142)
Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Early life and education

Cobb was born in Springfield, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University in 2002 and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2005.[2]

Career

Cobb began her career as a law clerk for judge Diane Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Cobb was then a trial attorney for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service. Cobb has also taught law at the Washington College of Law and Harvard Law School. She worked as a legal partner at Relman Colfax from 2012 to 2021.[3]

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.[5] Cobb was previously recommended for the position by House Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.[6] On July 14, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On August 5, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee a vote 13–9.[8] On October 26, 2021, her nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by a 52–45 vote after the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination earlier that day by a 51-46 vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on November 12, 2021.[10]

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