Stephen Vaden

Stephen Alexander Vaden (born May 15, 1982)[1] is an American lawyer who serves as General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture in the Donald Trump administration. He is a nominee to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.

Stephen Vaden
General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture
Assumed office
December 14, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJeffrey Prieto
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture
In office
March 17, 2017 – December 13, 2018
Preceded byLee Fink
Personal details
Born
Stephen Alexander Vaden

(1982-05-15) May 15, 1982
Memphis, Tennessee
EducationVanderbilt University (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Education

Vaden has a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[2]

He clerked for Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for Judge Samuel H. Mays Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Vaden has practiced law at Patton Boggs and Jones Day, specializing in litigation at the appellate level, election law, and administrative law.[2][3]

General Counsel at the Department of Agriculture

Prior to his nomination, he served on the Trump administration's USDA landing team.[4]

On September 2, 2017, he was nominated to be the General Counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture.[2] He was confirmed, 53–46, on November 27, 2018, by the United States Senate.[5]

Nomination to trade court

On October 2, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Vaden to the United States Court of International Trade.[6] On October 17, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Vaden to the seat vacated by Judge Delissa A. Ridgway, who took senior status on January 31, 2019.[7] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on November 13, 2019.[8] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[9] Later that day, he was re-nominated to the same seat.[10] On January 16, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[11] His nomination is currently pending before the full United States Senate.

References
  1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2SY1-TYQ
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. September 2, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Polantz, Katelyn (September 8, 2017). "DC Judge's Best Trial Tips, Government Lawyers Flock to Firms, Mueller's Hotline". The National Law Journal. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  4. Scarcella, Mike (September 13, 2017). "Ex-Jones Day Associate Is Trump's Pick for USDA General Counsel". The National Law Journal. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  5. "US Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress - 2nd Session". US Senate. United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  6. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, October 2, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. "Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, October 17, 2019
  8. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 13, 2019
  9. "PN1244 - Nomination of Stephen A. Vaden for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  10. "Four Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 3, 2020
  11. Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 16, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee


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