Vijay Shanker
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Assumed office
December 21, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byStephen H. Glickman
Personal details
Born (1972-04-02) April 2, 1972 (age 52)[1]
Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
EducationDuke University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)

Vijay Shanker (born April 2, 1972) is an American lawyer who is a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Education

Shanker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999,[2] where he served as a notes editor for the Virginia Law Review, was inducted into the Order of the Coif,[3] and received the Law School Alumni Association Best Note Award.

Career

From 2000 and 2001, Shanker served as a law clerk for Judge Chester J. Straub of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He worked as an associate at Mayer Brown from 2004 to 2005 and at Covington & Burling from 1999 to 2000 and 2001 to 2004. Shanker joined the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division in 2005. He previously served as counselor and acting deputy chief of staff to the assistant attorney General for the Criminal Division and senior litigation counsel in the division's fraud section.[4] Shanker was also an associate adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law.[5]

D.C. Court service

Nomination under Trump

On June 25, 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Shanker to serve as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[3] President Trump nominated Shanker to the seat vacated by Judge John R. Fisher, who assumed senior status on August 22, 2020.[6] On January 3, 2021, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. He was renominated the same day[7] and his nomination was withdrawn by President Joe Biden on February 4, 2021.[8]

Renomination under Biden

On July 14, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Shanker to serve as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. President Biden nominated Shanker to the seat vacated by Judge Stephen H. Glickman, who retired on June 25, 2022.[9][10] On September 21, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[11] On September 28, 2022, his nomination was favorably reported out of the committee by voice vote en bloc, with Senator Rick Scott voting no on record.[12] On December 15, 2022, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a voice vote.[13] He was sworn in on December 21, 2022.[14]

References

  1. ^ "NOMINATIONS OF COLLEEN J. SHOGAN, VIJAY SHANKER, LAURA E. CRANE, LESLIE A. MEEK, AND VERONICA M. SANCHEZ" (PDF). COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE. September 21, 2022. p. 39. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Vijay Shanker | jnc". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees". The White House. June 25, 2020. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "President Biden Names Twenty-Third Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Faculty". American University Washington College of Law. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Three Nominations Sent to the Senate". June 25, 2020. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Thirty Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. January 3, 2021. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "PN19 - Nomination of Vijay Shanker for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. February 4, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "PN2385 - Nomination of Vijay Shanker for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Biden nominates three new judges to D.C. courts". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Nominations of Colleen J. Shogan to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration; Vijay Shanker to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; and Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. Meek, and Veronica M. Sanchez to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. September 21, 2022.
  12. ^ "Memo" (PDF). Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. September 28, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  13. ^ "PN2385 — Vijay Shanker — The Judiciary". United States Congress. July 14, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  14. ^ "THE HONORABLE VIJAY SHANKER IS NOW A JUDGE ON THE DC COURT OF APPEALS". District of Columbia Courts. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.

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