Stephen S. Schwartz

For other people named Stephen Schwartz, see Stephen Schwartz (disambiguation).

Stephen S. Schwartz
Schwartz in 2022
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 22, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byMarian Blank Horn
Personal details
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Stephen Sidney Schwartz (born 1983)[1] is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Education and career

Schwartz received his Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from Yale University, and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. In 2008, he began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Jerry Edwin Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

After his clerkship, he became an associate in the litigation practice of Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. He then served as counsel at the Cause of Action Institute, a public interest law firm.[2] Before becoming a judge, Schwartz was a partner at Schaerr Jaffe LLP in Washington, D.C., where he litigated civil, constitutional, and administrative law matters in federal courts, including before the Supreme Court of the United States.[3]

Claims court service

On June 7, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Schwartz to serve as a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, to the seat vacated by Judge Lynn J. Bush, who assumed senior status on October 21, 2013. On July 25, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination.[4] On September 14, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 11–9 vote.[5] On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[6] On January 8, 2018, the White House renominated 21 of 26 federal judicial nominees who had been returned by the U.S. Senate. Schwartz was not among the 21 individuals who were renominated.[7]

On October 2, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Schwartz to serve on the United States Court of Federal Claims.[8] On October 17, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Schwartz to the seat vacated by Judge Marian Blank Horn, who assumed senior status on March 9, 2018.[9] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the Senate.[10] On January 9, 2020, he was renominated to the same seat.[11] On May 14, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[12] On December 7, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 48–46 vote.[13] On December 8, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 49–47 vote.[14] He received his judicial commission on December 22, 2020,[15] and was sworn in on December 23, 2020.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Stephen S. Schwartz" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Boyer, Dave (June 7, 2017). "Trump nominates new slate of federal judges". Washington Times. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations". whitehouse.gov. June 7, 2017. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  5. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 14, 2017" (PDF). Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  6. ^ ""Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018". Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  7. ^ Dupree, Jamie (January 5, 2018). "Trump renominates two Georgians for federal judgeships". WSB Radio. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, October 2, 2019 Archived January 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ ""Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, October 17, 2019". Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "PN1243 – Nomination of Stephen Sidney Schwartz for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  11. ^ ""Seven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 9, 2020". Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  12. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 14, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF). Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  13. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Sidney Schwartz to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims)". United States Senate. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stephen Sidney Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims)". United States Senate. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  15. ^ Stephen S. Schwartz at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  16. ^ "Stephen S. Schwartz took the oath of office on December 23, 2020, as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims". www.uscfc.uscourts.gov. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
2020–present 		Incumbent