Christy C. Wiegand

Christy Criswell Wiegand (born 1975)[1] is an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Christy C. Wiegand
Personal details
Born1975 (age 44–45)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
EducationPrinceton University
Cornell Law School (J.D.)

Education

Wiegand earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Princeton University in 1997, and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2000, where she served as an Articles Editor on the Cornell Law Review.[2]

Upon graduation from law school, Wiegand was in private practice at Arnold & Porter LLP, in Washington, D.C., where her practice focused on antitrust matters. She served as a law clerk to Judge D. Brooks Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She previously served as the Deputy Chief of the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office. She currently serves as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, where she prosecutes a variety of crimes, including large-scale drug trafficking, child exploitation, illegal firearms, and fraud.[2]

Nomination to district court

On February 5, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Wiegand to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. On February 12, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Wiegand to the seat vacated by Judge Peter J. Phipps, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on July 22, 2019. Her nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On June 17, 2020, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[3] On July 23, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17-5 vote.[4] Her nomination is currently pending before the full United States Senate.

References
  1. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Christy Wiegand
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominee" White House, February 5, 2020 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for June 17, 2020
  4. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%20July%2023,%202020.pdf


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