Britt Grant | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
Assumed office August 3, 2018 | |
Appointed by | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Julie E. Carnes |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia | |
In office January 1,2017 –August 3,2018 | |
Appointed by | Nathan Deal |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Sarah Hawkins Warren |
Solicitor General of Georgia | |
In office January 6,2015 –January 1,2017 | |
Attorney General | Sam Olens Chris Carr |
Preceded by | Nels S.D. Peterson |
Succeeded by | Sarah Hawkins Warren |
Personal details | |
Born | Atlanta,Georgia,U.S. | February 6,1978
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Justin Grant |
Children | 3 |
Education | Wake Forest University (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
Britt Cagle Grant (born February 1,1978) is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Grant was born Elizabeth Britt Cagle [1] in 1978 in Atlanta,Georgia. Grant attended high school at The Westminster Schools. She studied English literature and politics at Wake Forest University,graduating with a Bachelor of Arts,summa cum laude,in 2000. [2]
From 2000 to 2004,Grant worked for then-Congressman Nathan Deal in Washington,D.C.,and served in various roles in the administration of President George W. Bush. [2] She then attended Stanford Law School,where she was a managing editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law and a senior articles editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. Grant also served as president of the school's Federalist Society chapter. She graduated with a Juris Doctor with distinction in 2007.
Grant was a law clerk to then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2007 to 2008. [3] [4] From 2008 to 2012,Grant was in private practice at the law firm Kirkland &Ellis. From 2012 to 2014,she was an attorney for legal policy in the Office of the Georgia Attorney General. [1]
From 2015 to 2017,Grant was Solicitor General for the State of Georgia. [5] On January 1,2017,Governor Nathan Deal appointed her to a seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia. [3] On November 17,2017,Grant was named by President Donald Trump as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. [6] On August 3,2018,her service on the state supreme court was terminated when she was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. [7]
On April 10,2018,President Donald Trump nominated Grant to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. [8] She was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Julie E. Carnes,who assumed senior status on June 18,2018. [9] On May 23,2018,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [10] On July 19,2018,her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote. [11] On July 30,2018,the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–44 vote. [12] On July 31,2018,Grant was confirmed by a 52–46 vote. [13] She received her judicial commission on August 3,2018. [7]
In November 2020,Grant wrote for the divided panel majority when it found that a municipality's ban on minor conversion therapy violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. [14] [15]
She is married to Justin G. Grant,who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. They have three children. [16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Britt Grant (incumbent) | 896,313 | 100.00% | |
Majority | 896,313 | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 896,313 | 100.00% |
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