Annemarie Carney Axon

Annemarie Carney Axon (born March 20, 1973) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Annemarie Carney Axon
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Assumed office
June 12, 2018
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded bySharon Lovelace Blackburn
Personal details
Born
Annemarie Carney

(1973-03-20) March 20, 1973
Winter Park, Florida, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Alabama (BA, JD)

Biography

She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama and Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law. Immediately upon graduation from law school, she served as a law clerk to Judge Inge Prytz Johnson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Prior to beginning private practice, she served as Assistant Vice President of AmSouth Bank and as an associate at the law firm of Edwards and Angell, LLP in Providence, Rhode Island. Immediately before becoming a judge, she was a member of the Birmingham, Alabama law firm of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, & Brandt, LLC, where she litigated trust, estate, and business cases in both trial and appellate courts.[1]

Federal judicial service

On July 13, 2017, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Axon to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.[1] On July 19, 2017, her nomination was officially transmitted to the United States Senate. She was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, who took senior status on May 8, 2015.[2] On September 20, 2017, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[3] On October 19, 2017, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[4]

On January 3, 2018, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[5] On January 5, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to renominate Axon to a federal judgeship.[6] On January 8, 2018, her renomination was sent to the Senate.[7] On January 18, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote.[8] On June 5, 2018, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a vote of 84–11.[9] On June 6, 2018, the Senate voted 83–11 in favor of her confirmation.[10] She received her judicial commission on June 12, 2018.

References
  1. " President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifth Wave of Judicial Candidates" White House, July 13, 2017
  2. "Eighteen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate Today" White House, July 19, 2017
  3. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for September 20, 2017
  4. Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 19, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee
  5. "Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018
  6. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees", White House, January 5, 2018
  7. "Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, January 8, 2018
  8. Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
  9. U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress – 2nd Session United States Senate Vote Summary: Vote Number 116, United States Senate, June 5, 2018
  10. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Annemarie Carney Axon, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama)". United States Senate. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Sharon Lovelace Blackburn		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
2018–present		 Incumbent
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