Appointed by Barack Obama Name Eleanor Ross | Preceded by Charles Pannell | |
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Full Name Eleanor Louise Barnwell Alma mater American University
University of Houston Residence Lithonia, Georgia, United States Education University of Houston Law Center, American University | ||
Eleanor Louise Ross (born 1967) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and former Judge of the DeKalb County State Court.
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Biography
Ross received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989, from American University. She received her Juris Doctor in 1994, from the University of Houston Law Center. She began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Tarrant County, Texas, from 1995 to 1996. She served as an Assistant Solicitor General in the Office of the DeKalb County, Georgia, Solicitor General, from 1997 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, she was a Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office. From 2002 to 2005, she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Georgia. From 2007 to 2011, she served as Executive Assistant District Attorney in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office. From 2011 to 2014, she served as a Judge on the DeKalb County State Court.
Federal judicial service
On December 19, 2013, President Obama nominated Ross to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, to the seat vacated by Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr., who took senior status on January 31, 2013. She received a hearing before the full panel of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 13, 2014. On June 19, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On November 12, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on her nomination. On Monday, November 17, 2014 cloture was invoked by a vote of 66-29. On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 the Senate confirmed her by voice vote. She received her judicial commission on November 20, 2014.