Robert J. White (judge)

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Robert J. White
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 15, 2024
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byPaul D. Borman
Personal details
Born
Robert Jerome White

1985 (age 38–39)
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Illinois Institute of Technology (JD)

Robert Jerome White (born 1985)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan since 2024. He previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 2014 to 2024.

Education

White received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan in 2007 and a Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2010.[2]

Career

After law school, he was an associate attorney at Ralph E. Meczyk & Associates in Chicago from 2010 to 2014, handling federal and state criminal defense cases. White served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas from 2014 to 2018 where he prosecuted organized crime. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2018 to 2024 where he was assigned to the white collar crime unit.[3][2]

Federal judicial service

On January 10, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate White as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. On February 1, 2024, President Biden nominated White to a seat vacated by Judge Paul D. Borman, who assumed senior status on August 1, 2023.[4] On February 8, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On March 7, 2024, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–7 vote.[6] On April 9, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 58–42 vote.[7] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 58–42 vote.[8] He received his judicial commission on April 15, 2024,[9] and was sworn in on April 16, 2024.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees". White House. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "Biden taps prosecutor White for federal bench in Detroit". Detroit News.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. February 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 7, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert J. White to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan)". United States Senate. April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Robert J. White, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan)". United States Senate. April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Robert J. White at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  10. ^ "Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Jerome White Sworn In As U.S. District Judge" (PDF). mied.uscourts.gov (Press release). April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
2024–present 		Incumbent
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