Victoria Marie Calvert

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

Victoria Calvert
Personal details
Born
Victoria Marie Stubbs

1981 (age 39–40)
The Bronx, 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 defender program in Atlanta.[2]

Nomination to district court

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] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On December 1, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] If confirmed, she would be the second Black woman judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.[5]

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. 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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