Loren AliKhan | |
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![]() AliKhan in 2020 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office December 13, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Amy Berman Jackson |
Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals | |
In office February 18,2022 –December 13,2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | John R. Fisher |
Succeeded by | vacant |
2nd Solicitor General of the District of Columbia | |
In office March 1,2018 –February 8,2022 | |
Attorney General | Karl Racine |
Preceded by | Todd Kim |
Succeeded by | Caroline Van Zile |
Personal details | |
Born | Baltimore County,Maryland,U.S. | June 24,1983
Education | Bard College at Simon's Rock (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Loren Linn AliKhan (born June 24,1983) [1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2023 as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She previously served as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 2022 to 2023 and the solicitor general of the District of Columbia from 2018 to 2022.
AliKhan was born in 1983 in Baltimore County,Maryland. She graduated from Bard College at Simon's Rock in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude ,in social studies. She then attended Georgetown University Law Center,where she was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal . She graduated in 2006 with a J.D.,magna cum laude,and Order of the Coif membership. [2] [3]
After graduating from law school,AliKhan was a law clerk for judge Louis H. Pollak of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2007 and for judge Thomas L. Ambro of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2007 to 2008. She was then a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States before joining the Washington,D.C. office of O'Melveny &Myers. In 2013,AliKhan joined the Office of the District of Columbia Attorney General as a Deputy Solicitor General. In that role,she represented the District of Columbia's interests in appellate litigation before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals,United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,Supreme Court of the United States,and other appellate tribunals.
On March 1,2018,D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine appointed AliKhan as the District's second solicitor general,succeeding Todd Kim. [4]
On September 30,2021,President Joe Biden nominated AliKhan to serve as an associate judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. [2] President Biden nominated AliKhan to the seat vacated by Judge John R. Fisher,who retired on August 22,2020. [5] On December 2,2021,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. [6] Her nomination was reported to the full Senate on December 15,2021. [7] On February 2,2022,the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 55–40 vote. [8] On February 8,2022,her nomination was confirmed by a 55–41 vote. [9] She was sworn in by Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby on February 18,2022. [10] Her service was terminated on December 13,2023 when she was elevated to the U.S. District Court. [11]
On May 3,2023,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate AliKhan to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. [12] [13] On May 4,2023,her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated AliKhan to the seat vacated by Judge Amy Berman Jackson,who assumed senior status on May 1,2023. [14] On June 7,2023,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [15] During her confirmation hearing,she was repeatedly questioned by Senator John Kennedy over her refusal to give her stance on affirmative action,abortion rights,and other issues. [16] On July 13,2023,her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote. [17] On December 5,2023,the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–50 vote,with Vice President Kamala Harris voting in the affirmative. [18] This vote was notable as it made history with Harris becoming the vice president with the most tie-breaking Senate votes in history. [19] Later that day,her nomination was confirmed by a 51–50 vote,with Vice President Harris voting in the affirmative. [20] She received her judicial commission on December 13,2023. [11] She is the first female South Asian American federal judge to serve on the District of Columbia District Court. [21]
In 2025,she temporarily blocked an order issued by the Trump Administration's Office of Management and Budget which froze disbursement of federal grants. [22] [23]
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