Jackson, Ketanji Brown Born 1970 in Washington, DC Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Nominated by Barack Obama on January 4, 2013, to a seat vacated by Henry Harold Kennedy, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on March 23, 2013, and received commission on March 26, 2013. Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1992 Harvard Law School, J.D., 1996 Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1996-1997 Law clerk, Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1997-1998 Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2007-2010 Law clerk, Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 1999-2000 Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000-2002 Assistant special counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2003-2005 Assistant federal public defender, District of Columbia, 2005-2007 Vice chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2010- Given name at birth: Ketanji Onyika Brown