Samantha D. Elliott
Samantha D. Elliott | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | |
| Assumed office December 21, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Paul Barbadoro |
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| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Colgate University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Samantha Dowd Elliott (born 1975)[1] is an American lawyer from New Hampshire who is a federal district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Education
Elliott received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Colgate University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2006.[2]
Career
From 2006 until 2021, Elliott was a partner and vice president at Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.C., in Concord, New Hampshire. While at the law firm, she served as president from 2015 to 2020 and as a hiring partner from 2014 to 2019.[2]
She has been a member of New Hampshire Legal Assistance and the Legal Advice Referral Center. In June 2021, she became co-chair of the founding board of directors for 603 Legal Aid, an entity created by merging two other statewide legal aid groups.[2]
Federal judicial service
On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Elliott to serve as a federal district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.[2] Biden nominated Elliott to the seat vacated by Judge Paul Barbadoro, who assumed senior status on March 1, 2021.[3] On November 3, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On December 2, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.[5] On December 14, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 59–40 vote.[6] On December 15, 2021, she was confirmed by a 62–37 vote.[7] She received her judicial commission on December 21, 2021.[8] She was sworn into office on December 22, 2021.[9]
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Samantha D. Elliott to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Hampshire)". United States Senate. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Samantha D. Elliott, of New Hampshire, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Hampshire)". United States Senate. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ Samantha D. Elliott at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "HONORABLE SAMANTHA D. ELLIOTT SWORN IN AS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE" (Press release). United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. December 22, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
External links
- Samantha D. Elliott at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.