Sherri Lydon

Sherri Lydon
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 10, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byA. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.
United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina
In office
May 24, 2018 – December 10, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBill Nettles
Succeeded byPeter M. McCoy Jr.
Personal details
Born
Cheryl Allen[1]

(1962-02-21) February 21, 1962 (age 62)
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma materClemson University (BA)
University of South Carolina (JD)

Cheryl "Sherri" Allen Lydon (born February 21, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She previously served as the United States attorney for the same district. She was the first woman to serve as a presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina.

Education

Lydon earned her Bachelor of Arts from Clemson University and her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.[2]

Career

Lydon began her legal career at Nexsen Pruet Jacobs and Pollard. Three years later, she became an assistant United States attorney for the District of South Carolina. As a federal prosecutor, she carried a diverse docket, including public corruption, RICO, drug, and fraud cases.[2]

U.S. attorney

On April 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Lydon to serve as United States attorney for the District of South Carolina.[2] On April 12, 2018, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[3] On May 10, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[4] On May 22, 2018, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[5] She was sworn into office on May 24, 2018. She left office on December 10, 2019, after becoming a federal judge.

Lydon was the first female U.S. attorney for the District of South Carolina to be appointed by a president.[6][7]

Federal judicial service

On September 12, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Lydon to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.[8] On October 15, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Lydon to the seat vacated by Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr., who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on September 4, 2018.[9] On October 16, 2019, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[10] On November 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 18–4 vote.[11] On December 4, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 79–14 vote.[12] On December 5, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a 76–13 vote.[13] She received her judicial commission on December 10, 2019.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "President Donald J. Trump Announces Twelfth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Twelfth Wave of United States Attorneys, and Sixth Wave of United States Marshals" White House, April 10, 2018 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Twenty-Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, April 12, 2018
  4. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 10, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
  5. ^ PN1837 — Cheryl A. Lydon — Department of Justice, congress.gov
  6. ^ Monk, John (May 25, 2018). "SC's first female US attorney Sherri Lydon is on the job". The State. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  7. ^ Manno, Adam (April 10, 2018). "Trump U.S. Attorney nominee Sherri Lydon would be first woman nominated by president to serve". Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, September 12, 2019 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ "Twenty-five Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" White House, October 15, 2019
  10. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 16, 2019
  11. ^ Results of Executive Business – November 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
  12. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sherri A. Lydon to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina)". United States Senate. December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Sherri Lydon, of South Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina)". United States Senate. December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  14. ^ Sherri Lydon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Legal offices
Preceded by United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina
2018–2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
2019–present 		Incumbent