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== Nomination to district court == |
== Nomination to district court == |
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On August 14, 2019, [[Donald Trump|President Trump]] announced his intent to nominate Pitlyk to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States District Judge]] for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri]]. On September 9, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Pitlyk to the seat on the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri]] vacated by Judge [[Catherine D. Perry]], who took [[senior status]] on December 31, 2018.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/seventeen-nominations-two-withdrawals-sent-senate/ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 9, 2019]</ref> Her nomination is currently pending before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]]. |
On August 14, 2019, [[Donald Trump|President Trump]] announced his intent to nominate Pitlyk to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States District Judge]] for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri]]. On September 9, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Pitlyk to the seat on the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri]] vacated by Judge [[Catherine D. Perry]], who took [[senior status]] on December 31, 2018.<ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/seventeen-nominations-two-withdrawals-sent-senate/ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 9, 2019]</ref> Her nomination is currently pending before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]]. A hearing on her nomination before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] has been scheduled for September 25, 2019.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/09/25/2019/nominations United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for September 25, 2019]</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:01, 24 September 2019
Sarah E. Pitlyk | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Sarah Elizabeth Martin 1977 (age 46–47) Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Spouse | Mark |
| Education | Boston College (B.A.) Georgetown University (M.A.) KU Leuven (M.A.) Yale Law School (J.D.) |
Sarah Elizabeth Pitlyk (born 1977) is an American lawyer from Missouri who is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Education
Pitlyk earned her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Boston College. She received Master of Arts degrees from both Georgetown University and KU Leuven (Belgium), where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar. Pitlyk earned her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[1]
Legal career
Upon graduation from law school, Pitlyk served as a law clerk to then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She worked at Clark & Sauer LLC, a civil litigation firm in St. Louis, Missouri, and was an associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. She is currently special counsel at the Thomas More Society, where her practice focuses on constitutional and civil rights litigation.[1]
In 2018, Pitlyk supported Brett Kavanaugh, whom she had clerked for, during his Supreme Court nomination.[2]
Nomination to district court
On August 14, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Pitlyk to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. On September 9, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Pitlyk to the seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri vacated by Judge Catherine D. Perry, who took senior status on December 31, 2018.[3] Her nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee has been scheduled for September 25, 2019.[4]
References
- ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, United States Attorney Nominees, and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, August 14, 2019
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Thomsen, Jacqueline (August 14, 2019). "Former Alito Clerk Steven Menashi Gets Trump Nod for 2nd Circuit". Law.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 9, 2019
- ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for September 25, 2019
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