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Ada Elene Brown

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · 2019

Ada Elene Brown, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The Senate voted 80–13 on the nomination on Sep 11, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
    116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    80–13 · Sep 11, 2019

Education

  • Spelman CollegeB.A., 1996
  • Emory University School of LawJ.D., 1999

Career

Family violence advocate, Dallas County [Texas] District Attorney's Office, 1999-2000; Assistant district attorney, Dallas County, Texas, 2000-2005; Judge, Dallas County [Texas] Criminal Court Number One, 2005-2007; Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 2007-2013; Adjunct professor of trial advocacy, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2008, 2009, 2012; Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas, 2013-2019

Biography

Ada Elene Brown (born November 8, 1974) is a Native American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She was appointed in 2019 by President Donald Trump. She is a former trial judge of the Dallas County courts and a former Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas.

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