Career
In 2015,Hermandorfer joined the law firm of Williams and Connolly in Washington D.C. as an associate,where she focused on appellate and administrative law. [4] Hermandorfer served as a law clerk for then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh from 2016 to 2017 while he served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,as well as for Judge Richard Leon on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 2017 to 2018. [1] She later clerked for Associate Justices Samuel Alito (2018–19) and Amy Coney Barrett (2020–21) on the United States Supreme Court. [4] She returned to Williams and Connolly in 2021 and then in 2023 [5] joined the Tennessee Attorney General's office as director of the newly formed Strategic Litigation Unit under attorney general Jonathan Skrmetti. [6]
Federal judicial service
On May 2,2025,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Hermandorfer to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to succeed Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch,who had announced her intention to take senior status upon the confirmation of a successor. Hermandorfer was Trump's first judicial nominee of the second term. [7] [8] On May 12,2025,her nomination was sent to the Senate. [9] On June 26,2025,her nomination was reported from the Senate Judiciary Committee by a party-line 12-10 vote. [10] On July 10,2025,the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–43 vote. [11] On July 14,2025,her nomination was confirmed by a 46–42 vote. [12] She received her judicial commission on July 17,2025. [13]
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