Anna M. Manasco

Anna Marie Manasco[1] (born 1980)[2] is an American attorney from Alabama who is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Anna M. Manasco
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Assumed office
May 27, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byKaron O. Bowdre
Personal details
Born1980 (age 39–40)
Montgomery, Alabama
EducationEmory University (B.A.)
University of Oxford (M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Yale Law School (J.D.)

Education

Manasco earned her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Emory University, her Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review.[3]

Manasco served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. From 2009–2020, she was a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Birmingham, Alabama, where her practice focused on trial strategy and appeals in complex commercial litigation. She had represented clients before the Supreme Court of the United States, numerous federal courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court of Alabama.[3]

Federal judicial service

On December 18, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Manasco to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. On February 4, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Manasco to the seat to be vacated by Judge Karon O. Bowdre, who assumed senior status on April 25, 2020.[4] A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on February 12, 2020.[5] On March 12, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–6 vote.[6] On May 20, 2020, cloture was invoked on her nomination by a vote of 72–20.[7] Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a vote of 71–21.[8] She received her judicial commission on May 27, 2020.

References
  1. "Ms. Anna Marie Manasco Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com". www.martindale.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  2. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Anna Manasco
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, December 18, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. "Eleven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, February 4, 2020
  5. Nominations for February 12, 2020
  6. Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 12, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  7. On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna M. Manasco to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama), United States Senate, May 20, 2020
  8. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Anna M. Manasco, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama)", United States Senate, May 20, 2020
Legal offices
Preceded by
Karon O. Bowdre		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
2020–present		 Incumbent
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