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Campbell: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitKarla M. Campbell is of counsel at the law firm Stranch Jennings & Garvey PLLC in Nashville, Tennessee. She first joined the firm in 2009, became a partner in 2015, and then became of counsel in 2022. From 2010 to 2011, Ms. Campbell served as a law clerk for Judge Jane Stranch on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. From 2008 to 2009, Ms. Campbell was an attorney at the law firm Watson & Renner in Washington, D.C. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2008 and her B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2002.Justice Julia M. Lipez: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitJustice Julia M. Lipez has been a justice on the Maine Superior Court since 2022. From 2011 to 2022, Justice Lipez worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, where she served as Appellate Chief from 2019 to 2022. Prior to that, Justice Lipez worked as an associate and then a senior associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in New York from 2007 to 2011. She served as a law clerk for Judge Diana Gribbon Motz on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2006 to 2007. Justice Lipez received her J.D., with distinction, from Stanford Law School in 2006 and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Amherst College in 2002.United States District Court AnnouncementsCatherine Henry: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of PennsylvaniaCatherine Henry has been an Assistant Federal Defender in the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2001. Ms. Henry previously worked as a public defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia from 1996 to 2001. Before that, she was a staff attorney at the Feminist Majority Foundation in Arlington, Virginia from 1995 to 1996. She received her J.D. from the District of Columbia School of Law in 1995 and her B.A. from Drew University in 1991.Mary Kay Lanthier: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of VermontMary Kay Lanthier has been the supervising attorney in the Rutland County Public Defender’s Office since 2007. She was previously a public defender with the Addison County Public Defender’s Office from 2000 to 2003. Ms. Lanthier also worked in private practice as an associate and then a partner at Marsh & Wagner, PC, from 2003 to 2007 and as an associate at Keiner & Dumont, PC, from 1998 to 2000. From 1996 to 1998, she served as a law clerk for the judges of the Vermont Trial Court in the Chittenden County and Addison County Courts. Ms. Lanthier received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1996 and her B.A. from Amherst College in 1993.### Stay ConnectedSign UpEmail Address* RequiredZIP CodePlease leave blank.We'll be in touch with the latest information on how President Biden and his administration are working for the American people, as well as ways you can get involved and help our country build back better. Opt in to send and receive text messages from President Biden. 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