Tiffany M. Cartwright

Tiffany Mae Cartwright (born 1985/1986)[1] is an American lawyer who is the nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Tiffany Cartwright
Personal details
Born1985/1986 (age 36–37)
EducationStanford University (BA, JD)

Education

Cartwright earned a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University in 2007 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 2010.[2]

Career

From 2010 to 2011, Cartwright served as a law clerk to Judge Dana Fabe on the Alaska Supreme Court and later for Betty Binns Fletcher on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. During law school, Cartwright also worked at the federal public defender office in Seattle and at the United States Department of Justice Public Integrity Unit.[3][4] From 2012 to 2014, she was an associate at Jenner & Block. Since 2018, she has been a partner at the Civil Rights law firm MacDonald Hoague & Bayless.[5][6]

In 2021, Cartwright served as pro bono Washington state counsel for the Campaign Legal Center in Aguilar v. Yakima County, a case litigated under the Washington Voting Rights Act.[7]

Nomination to district court

On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Cartwright to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. President Biden nominated Cartwright to the seat vacated by Judge Benjamin Hale Settle, who assumed senior status on January 1, 2020.[8] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References
  1. Voruganti, Harsh (March 24, 2022). "Tiffany Cartwright – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington".
  2. Warren, Bradley. "President Biden nominates Tiffany Cartwright to serve as US District Court judge for Western District of Washington". KHQ Right Now. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  3. "Tiffany M. Cartwright | MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle Civil Rights and Immigration Attorneys". www.mhb.com.
  4. https://got.law/attorney/tiffany-mae-cartwright/
  5. "President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. "President Biden nominates Tiffany Cartwright to serve as US District Court judge for Western District of Washington | FOX 28 Spokane". January 19, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  7. Smith, Kate (October 29, 2021). "Judge OKs new map, rules in Yakima County voting rights settlement". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 19, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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