Cristal C. Brisco | |
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![]() Hon. Cristal C. Brisco | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | |
Assumed office January 26, 2024 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Theresa Lazar Springmann |
Judge of the St. Joseph County Superior Court | |
In office June 3,2021 –January 26,2024 | |
Appointed by | Eric Holcomb |
Personal details | |
Born | Cristal Michelle Clark 1981 (age 42–43) Merrillville,Indiana,U.S. |
Education | Valparaiso University (BA) University of Notre Dame (JD) |
Cristal C. Brisco (born 1981) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the St. Joseph County Superior Court from 2021 to 2024.
Brisco received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude ,from Valparaiso University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from the Notre Dame Law School in 2006. [2]
Brisco began her career as an associate at Barnes &Thornburg where she worked from 2006 to 2013. From 2013 to 2017,she served as corporation counsel for the City of South Bend during Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Administration. [3] [4] From 2017 to 2018,she was general counsel to Saint Mary's College,Notre Dame. From 2018 to 2021,she served as a magistrate judge on the St. Joseph County Circuit Court in Mishawaka,Indiana. On June 3,2021,she was appointed by Governor Eric Holcomb to serve as a judge of the St. Joseph County Superior Court in South Bend,Indiana [5] and concurrently served as a judge on the Indiana Commercial Court from 2022 to 2024. [2]
On November 15,2023,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Brisco to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. [2] On November 27,2023,her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Brisco to the seat vacated by Judge Theresa Lazar Springmann,who assumed senior status on January 23,2021. [6] [7] On December 13,2023,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [8] On January 3,2024,her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI,Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate [9] and she was renominated on January 8,2024. [10] On January 18,2024,her nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–7 vote. [11] [12] On January 24,2024,the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 68–29 vote. [13] Later that day,her nomination was confirmed by a 67–32 vote. [14] [15] She received her judicial commission on January 26,2024. [16] She became the first Black woman to sit as a judge on the federal court serving northern Indiana. [17]
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