Victoria Marie Calvert

Victoria Marie Calvert (born 1981)[1] is an American lawyer from Georgia who is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Victoria Calvert
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
April 5, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byThomas W. Thrash Jr.
Personal details
Born
Victoria Marie Stubbs

1981 (age 40–41)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationDuke University (BA)
New York University (JD)

Education

Calvert earned a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 2003 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 2006.[2]

Career

From 2006 to 2012, Calvert was an associate at King & Spalding in Atlanta. Since 2012, she has been a staff attorney in the Federal public defender program in Atlanta.[2]

Federal judicial service

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Calvert to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. President Biden nominated Calvert to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr., who took senior status on May 8, 2021.[3] On December 1, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[5] she was later renominated the same day.[6] On January 20, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–9 vote.[7] On March 16, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–46 vote.[8] On March 22, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–46 vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on April 5, 2022.[10] She is the second Black female judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. December 1, 2021.
  5. "PN1206 - Nomination of Victoria Marie Calvert for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  6. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 20, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  8. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Victoria Marie Calvert to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  9. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Victoria Marie Calvert to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia)". United States Senate. March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  10. Victoria Marie Calvert at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  11. Murrow, Mariya (September 30, 2021). "Biden nominates Georgia woman for U.S. District Court". CBS46 News Atlanta. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
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