Andrew L. Brasher

Andrew Lynn Brasher (born May 20, 1981)^[1] is an American lawyer and Solicitor General of Alabama and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Biography

Brasher received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Samford University, and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review and earned the Victor Brudney Prize. After law school, Brasher served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He then worked in the Birmingham office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. In 2011, Brasher became Deputy Solicitor General of Alabama under Attorney General Luther Strange. He was promoted to Solicitor General in February 2014 and continues in that capacity today.^[2]

Nomination to district court

On April 10, 2018, President Trump nominated Brasher to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He has nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Mark Fuller, who resigned on August 1, 2015.^[3] On June 6, 2018 a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[4] On June 28, 2018 his nomination was reported out of committee by a 11–10 vote.^[5] His nomination is currently pending before the full United States Senate.

Memberships

He has been a member of the Federalist Society from 2003–2006 and again since 2008.^[6]

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