Tovah R. Calderon

Tovah Renee Calderon is an American attorney serving as acting deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division. She is a nominee to serve as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[1]

Tovah R. Calderon
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Howard University (JD)

Education

Calderon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1995 and a Juris Doctor from the Howard University School of Law in 2000.[2]

Career

After graduating from law school, Calderon clerked for Judge Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She then joined the United States Department of Justice, serving for over 20 years in the Civil Rights Division.[3] She was nominated to serve as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in June 2021.[4] On September 14, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[5] On October 6, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 7 to 6 vote.[6] Her nomination is pending before the full United States Senate.

References
  1. "President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations". The White House. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. "Tovah R. Calderon | jnc". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. "JNC Recommends Candidates for DC Court of Appeals Vacancies | jnc". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  4. Hulse, Carl (2021-06-15). "A leading voting rights expert is among Biden's new round of judicial nominees". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  5. "Nominations of Tovah R. Calderon to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Kenia Seoane Lopez, Rupa R. Puttagunta, and Sean C. Staples to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. September 14, 2021.
  6. "Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Record" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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