Appointed by Barack Obama Preceded by Nancy Edmunds | Name Judith Levy Education University of Michigan | |
Alma mater University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Residence Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States | ||
Judith Ellen Levy (born 1958) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Biography
Levy was born in 1958 in Bloomington, Indiana. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981 from the University of Michigan. She received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1996 from the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to her attendance at law school, she worked at the University of Michigan Hospital and served as the bargaining chairperson for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for six years. From 1996 to 1999, she served as a law clerk to Judge Bernard A. Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. From 1999 to 2000, she was a trial attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Since 2000, she has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, serving as Chief of the Civil Rights Unit for the past three years.
Personal
Levy is openly gay and has three daughters, Kayla Johnson-Levy, Micah Johnson-Levy, and Rianna Johnson-Levy.
Federal judicial service
On July 25, 2013, President Obama nominated Levy to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to the seat vacated by Judge Nancy Garlock Edmunds, who took senior status on August 1, 2012. On January 16, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee. A cloture vote was held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, on the Levy nomination; cloture was invoked by a vote of 56-42. On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, the full U.S. Senate voted 97-0 for final confirmation. She received her judicial commission on March 14, 2014.