Jamal Whitehead
Jamal Whitehead is a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. He was nominated to the court on July 13, 2022, by President Joe Biden (D) and confirmed by the United States Senate on February 28, 2023, by a vote of 51-43.[1][2][3]Click here for more information on Whitehead's federal judicial nomination.
Whitehead was a shareholder at Schroeter Goldmark & Bender in Seattle, Washington.[1]
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington is one of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (2023-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On July 13, 2022, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Whitehead to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.[4] Whitehead's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[5] The president renominated Whitehead on the same day.[2] He was confirmed by a 51-43 vote of the U.S. Senate on February 28, 2023. Whitehead received commission on March 14, 2023.[6] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Jamal Whitehead |
| Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 230 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: July 13, 2022
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| ABA Rating: Well qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: September 21, 2022
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| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: December 1, 2022 (initial nomination)
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| Confirmed: February 28, 2023
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| Vote: 51-43
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Confirmation vote
Whitehead was confirmed by a 51-43 vote of the U.S. Senate on February 28, 2023.[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Jamal Whitehead confirmation vote (February 28, 2023) | |||||||||
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| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
45 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
 Republican |
3 | 43 | 3 | ||||||
 Independent |
3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 51 | 43 | 6 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Whitehead's nomination on September 21, 2022. Whitehead was reported to the full Senate on December 1, 2022, after a 12-10 committee vote.[7]
Whitehead's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[8] The president renominated Whitehead on the same day.[2] In a committee hearing on February 2, 2023, Whitehead was reported to the full Senate, after a 11-9 committee vote.[3]
Nomination
President Biden nominated Whitehead on July 13, 2022, to replace Judge Richard Jones.[4]
The American Bar Association rated Whitehead well qualified.[9] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
Whitehead's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2023.[10] The president renominated Whitehead on the same day.[2]
Biography
Education
Whitehead obtained a B.A. in political science from the University of Washington in 2004 and a J.D. from the Seattle University School of Law in 2007.[11]
Professional career
- 2023-present: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
- 2016-2023: Shareholder, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender
- 2014-2016: Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Washington
- 2010-2014: Senior trial attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 2007-2010: Associate, Garvey Schubert Barer[11]
About the court
| Western District of Washington |
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| Ninth Circuit |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: 7 |
| Judges: 7 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: David G. Estudillo |
| Active judges: Tiffany Cartwright, John Chun, David G. Estudillo, Kymberly Evanson, Lauren King, Tana Lin, Jamal Whitehead Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington is one of 94 United States district courts. The district operates out of courthouses in Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit based in downtown San Francisco at the James R. Browning Federal Courthouse, but hears initial appeals at the Pioneer Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon.
The Western District of Washington has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
The geographic jurisdiction of the Western District of Washington consists of all the following counties in the western part of the state of Washington. The court's headquarters are in Seattle, with a courthouse in Tacoma.
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The White House, "President Biden Names Twenty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees," July 13, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Congress.gov, "PN75 — Jamal N. Whitehead — The Judiciary," accessed January 6, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Committee on the Judiciary, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 2, 2023," February 2, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Congress.gov, "PN2371 — Jamal N. Whitehead — The Judiciary," accessed July 18, 2022
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Whitehead, Jamal Norman," accessed March 14, 2023
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022," December 1, 2022
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ American Bar Association, "RATINGS OF ARTICLE III AND ARTICLE IV JUDICIAL NOMINEES 117th Congress," September 20, 2022
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 LinkedIn, "Jamal Whitehead," accessed July 16, 2022
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| Preceded by Richard Jones |
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington 2023-Present |
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| Commissioned in 2024 |
John Kazen • John Russell • Margaret Garnett • Cristal Brisco • Jacquelyn Austin • Gretchen Hess Lund • Micah Smith • Joshua Kolar • Karoline Mehalchick • Kirk Sherriff • Lisa Wang • David Leibowitz • Jacqueline Becerra • Julie Sneed • Melissa Damian • Kelly H. Rankin • Nicole Berner • Sunil Harjani • Leon Schydlower • Ernesto Gonzalez • Susan Bazis • Robert White • Ann Marie McIff Allen • Eumi Lee • Krissa Lanham • Eric Schulte • Camela Theeler • Angela Martinez • Jasmine Yoon • Nancy Maldonado • Meredith Vacca • Georgia Alexakis | ||
| Commissioned in 2023 |
Kai Scott • Tamika Montgomery-Reeves • Margaret R. Guzman • Daniel Calabretta • Matthew Garcia • DeAndrea G. Benjamin • Cindy Chung • Adrienne Nelson • Lindsay Jenkins • Gina Méndez-Miró • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • Jamar Walker • Ana Reyes • Jamal Whitehead • Gordon Gallagher • Matthew Brookman• Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons • Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler • Jonathan Grey• Colleen Lawless • Arun Subramanian • Jessica Clarke • Robert Kirsch • Michael Farbiarz • Anthony Johnstone • Orelia Merchant • Wesley Hsu • Bradley Garcia • LaShonda A. Hunt • Nancy Gbana Abudu • Amanda Brailsford • Darrel Papillion • Jeremy Daniel • Hernan D. Vera • Julie Rikelman • Nusrat Choudhury • P. Casey Pitts • Myong Joun • Kymberly Evanson • Tiffany Cartwright • Rachel Bloomekatz • Natasha Merle • Dale Ho • Philip Hadji • Rita Lin • Brendan Hurson • Vernon D. Oliver • Matthew Maddox • Julia Munley • Brandy McMillion • Susan DeClercq • Julia Kobick • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ana de Alba • Kenly Kiya Kato • Mónica Ramírez Almadani • Jeffrey M. Bryan • Jamel Semper • Irma Ramirez • Richard Federico • Loren AliKhan • Brandon Long • Jerry Edwards Jr.• Sara Hill • Joseph Laroski | ||
| Commissioned in 2022 | David Herrera Urias • Gabriel Sanchez • Holly Thomas • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • David Ruiz • Charles Fleming • Bridget Brennan • Leonard Stark • Alison J. Nathan • John Chun • Julie Rubin • Jacqueline Scott Corley • Ruth Bermudez Montenegro • Victoria Calvert • Georgette Castner • Anne Traum • Cristina Silva • Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) • Sarah Geraghty • Hector Gonzalez • Fred Slaughter • Jennifer Rochon • Robert Huie • Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci • Jeffery P. Hopkins | ||
| Commissioned in 2021 |
Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi • Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley • Florence Pan • Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn • Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens • Michael Nachmanoff • Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston • Stephen Locher • Charlotte Sweeney • Nina Nin-Yuen Wang • Arianna Freeman • Jerry Blackwell | ||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington
State courts:
Washington Supreme Court • Washington Court of Appeals • Washington Superior Court • Washington District Courts
State resources:
Courts in Washington • Washington judicial elections • Judicial selection in Washington
