Samantha D. Elliott | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | |
Assumed office December 21, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Paul Barbadoro |
Personal details | |
Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
Education | Colgate University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Samantha Dowd Elliott (born 1975)[1] is an American lawyer from New Hampshire who is a federal district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Elliott received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Colgate University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2006.[2]
From 2006 until 2021, Elliott was a partner and vice president at Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.C., in Concord, New Hampshire. While at the law firm, she served as president from 2015 to 2020 and as a hiring partner from 2014 to 2019.[2]
She has been a member of New Hampshire Legal Assistance and the Legal Advice Referral Center. In June 2021, she became co-chair of the founding board of directors for 603 Legal Aid, an entity created by merging two other statewide legal aid groups.[2]
On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Elliott to serve as a federal district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.[2] Biden nominated Elliott to the seat vacated by Judge Paul Barbadoro, who assumed senior status on March 1, 2021.[3] On November 3, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On December 2, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.[5] On December 14, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 59–40 vote.[6] On December 15, 2021, she was confirmed by a 62–37 vote.[7] She received her judicial commission on December 21, 2021.[8] She was sworn into office on December 22, 2021.[9]