Jane Kelly | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
Assumed office April 25, 2013 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Michael Joseph Melloy |
Personal details | |
Born | Jane Louise Kelly October 28, 1964 Greencastle, Indiana, U.S. |
Education |
Duke University (
BA) Harvard University ( JD) |
Jane Louise Kelly (born October 28, 1964) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Kelly was born in 1964 in Greencastle, Indiana [1] to Richard and Judith C. Kelly. [2] She was raised in Greencastle and graduated from Greencastle High School in 1983 as co- valedictorian. [2] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1987, from Duke University, and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, in 1991. [2] She studied pediatrics for one year in New Zealand under a Fulbright Scholarship in between Duke and Harvard. [3] Her graduating class included Barack Obama. [2]
After graduation, Kelly was a law clerk for Donald J. Porter, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [4] She then clerked for David R. Hansen, a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. [4] During the 1993–94 academic year, Kelly taught as a visiting instructor at the University of Illinois College of Law. [4] [5] [1]
Kelly became an assistant federal public defender in the Northern District of Iowa, in 1994 and served as the supervising attorney in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa office, from 1999 to 2013. [6] [7] [1]
On January 31, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Kelly to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Michael Joseph Melloy, who assumed senior status, on February 1, 2013. [6] Her nomination was reported on a voice vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on March 22, 2013. The Senate confirmed Kelly by a 96–0 vote on April 24, 2013. [8] She received her commission on April 25, 2013. [1]
In March 2016, Kelly was reported as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court to replace the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. [9] [10] The conservative Judicial Crisis Network ran ads against her to forestall the nomination. [11]
In 2004, Kelly was attacked while jogging in a park in Cedar Rapids, brutally beaten and left barely conscious; her assailant was never identified. [9] [18]
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Jane Kelly | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
Assumed office April 25, 2013 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Michael Joseph Melloy |
Personal details | |
Born | Jane Louise Kelly October 28, 1964 Greencastle, Indiana, U.S. |
Education |
Duke University (
BA) Harvard University ( JD) |
Jane Louise Kelly (born October 28, 1964) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Kelly was born in 1964 in Greencastle, Indiana [1] to Richard and Judith C. Kelly. [2] She was raised in Greencastle and graduated from Greencastle High School in 1983 as co- valedictorian. [2] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1987, from Duke University, and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, in 1991. [2] She studied pediatrics for one year in New Zealand under a Fulbright Scholarship in between Duke and Harvard. [3] Her graduating class included Barack Obama. [2]
After graduation, Kelly was a law clerk for Donald J. Porter, chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. [4] She then clerked for David R. Hansen, a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. [4] During the 1993–94 academic year, Kelly taught as a visiting instructor at the University of Illinois College of Law. [4] [5] [1]
Kelly became an assistant federal public defender in the Northern District of Iowa, in 1994 and served as the supervising attorney in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa office, from 1999 to 2013. [6] [7] [1]
On January 31, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Kelly to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Michael Joseph Melloy, who assumed senior status, on February 1, 2013. [6] Her nomination was reported on a voice vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on March 22, 2013. The Senate confirmed Kelly by a 96–0 vote on April 24, 2013. [8] She received her commission on April 25, 2013. [1]
In March 2016, Kelly was reported as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court to replace the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. [9] [10] The conservative Judicial Crisis Network ran ads against her to forestall the nomination. [11]
In 2004, Kelly was attacked while jogging in a park in Cedar Rapids, brutally beaten and left barely conscious; her assailant was never identified. [9] [18]
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