Martha M. Pacold

Martha M. Pacold
Personal details
Born (1979-02-03) February 3, 1979
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Education Indiana University (BA)
University of Chicago Law School (JD)

Martha Maria Pacold (born February 3, 1979)[1] is an American lawyer and a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education

Pacold was educated at St. Ignatius High School in Chicago.[2][3] She earned her Bachelor of Arts with highest distinction, from Indiana University, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and her Juris Doctor with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Chicago Law Review.[4][5]

After graduation from law school Pacold served as a law clerk to Judge Jay Bybee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and to Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She later clerked for Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2004–2005 Term.

Earlier in her career, she served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and as Counsel to the Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice. She was previously was an associate and then a partner in the Chicago office of Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, LLP. She also was a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. She currently serves as Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of the Treasury.[4][6]

Nomination to district court

On June 7, 2018 President Trump announced his intent to nominate Pacold to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On June 11, 2018, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Pacold to the seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Judge John W. Darrah, who took senior status on March 1, 2017.[7] Her nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On August 22, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8]

Memberships

She was a member of the Federalist Society from approximately 2000–2008.[9]

References

  1. ↑ MyLife.com profile
  2. ↑ Hlotke, Suzanne G. (June 18, 1995). "See, It Pays To Listen To Mother". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Recent St. Ignatius Law Society Members" (PDF). St. Ignatius Alumni. February 20, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Fourteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Ninth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, June 7, 2018 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ "Wells Scholars Program" (PDF). Indiana University Newsletter. Summer 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Senior Executive Service; Legal Division Performance Review Board". Federal Register. 82: 50486. October 31, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Seventeen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, June 11, 2018
  8. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for August 22, 2018
  9. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Martha Maria Pacold
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