Britt Grant
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Assumed office
August 3, 2018
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byJulie E. Carnes
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
In office
January 1, 2017 – August 3, 2018
Appointed byNathan Deal
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded bySarah Hawkins Warren
Solicitor General of Georgia
In office
January 6, 2015 – January 1, 2017
Attorney GeneralSam Olens
Chris Carr
Preceded byNels S.D. Peterson
Succeeded bySarah Hawkins Warren
Personal details
Born (1978-02-06) February 6, 1978 (age 46)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJustin Grant
Children3
EducationWake Forest University (BA)
Stanford University (JD)

Britt Cagle Grant (born February 1, 1978) is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Early life and legal career

Grant was born Elizabeth Britt Cagle[1] in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia. Grant attended high school at The Westminster Schools. She studied English literature and politics at Wake Forest University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in 2000.[2]

From 2000 to 2004, Grant worked for then-Congressman Nathan Deal in Washington, D.C., and served in various roles in the administration of President George W. Bush.[2] She then attended Stanford Law School, where she was a managing editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law and a senior articles editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. Grant also served as president of the school's Federalist Society chapter. She graduated with a Juris Doctor with distinction in 2007.

Grant was a law clerk to then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2007 to 2008.[3][4] From 2008 to 2012, Grant was in private practice at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis. From 2012 to 2014, she was an attorney for legal policy in the Office of the Georgia Attorney General.[1]

State Solicitor General and appointment to state Supreme Court

From 2015 to 2017, Grant was Solicitor General for the State of Georgia.[5] On January 1, 2017, Governor Nathan Deal appointed her to a seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia.[3] On November 17, 2017, Grant was named by President Donald Trump as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.[6] On August 3, 2018, her service on the state supreme court was terminated when she was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[7]

Federal judicial service

On April 10, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Grant to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[8] She was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Julie E. Carnes, who assumed senior status on June 18, 2018.[9] On May 23, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[10] On July 19, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[11] On July 30, 2018, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–44 vote.[12] On July 31, 2018, Grant was confirmed by a 52–46 vote.[13] She received her judicial commission on August 3, 2018.[7]

In November 2020, Grant wrote for the divided panel majority when it found that a municipality's ban on minor conversion therapy violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[14][15]

Personal life

She is married to Justin G. Grant, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. They have three children.[16]

Electoral history

2018
Georgia Supreme Court Results, May 22, 2018[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Britt Grant (incumbent) 896,313 100.00%
Majority 896,313 100.00%
Total votes 896,313 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Committee on the Judiciary, "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees
  2. ^ a b "Nominee Report" (PDF). Alliance for Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Georgia Supreme Court biography of Britt C. Grant.
  4. ^ "Attorney General Sam Olens Announces Key Personnel Appointments – Office of Attorney General Chris Carr". law.georgia.gov. June 8, 2012.
  5. ^ "Attorney General Sam Olens Appoints New Solicitor General, Counsel for Legal Policy – Office of Attorney General Chris Carr". law.georgia.gov. January 6, 2015.
  6. ^ "President Donald J. Trump's Supreme Court List". whitehouse.gov. November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017 – via National Archives.
  7. ^ a b Britt Grant at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  8. ^ "Presidential Nomination 1808, 115th United States Congress". United States Congress. April 10, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  9. ^ Nominations Sent to the Senate Today, White House, April 10, 2018
  10. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for May 23, 2018
  11. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 19, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
  12. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Britt Cagle Grant to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  13. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  14. ^ Note, Recent Case: Eleventh Circuit Invalidates Minor Conversion Therapy Bans, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 2863 (2021).
  15. ^ Otto v. City of Boca Raton, 981 F.3d 854 (11th Cir. 2020).
  16. ^ "Justice Britt C. Grant". Supreme Court of Georgia. Georgia State Government. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  17. ^ "General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election – May 22, 2018". Georgia Election Results. Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

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