Judge Amy Berman Jackson
District of Columbia District Court
Amy Berman Jackson was born in July 1954 in Baltimore, Maryland. She earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and received her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She clerked at the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
She served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for six years before entering the private practice of law. During that time, she also served as an expert legal commentator for many news organizations.
Berman Jackson was nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. That nomination lapsed without action, and he nominated her again six months later. She was confirmed by the Senate in a 97-0 vote and received her commission in March 2011.
Judge Berman Jackson is married to Darryl Jackson, and they have one son. She is Jewish.
In the News…
District Judge Amy Berman Jackson placed a preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s administration last month to keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) intact while a lawsuit from the National Treasury Employees Union plays out. The judge said last week that she would prevent the mass firing of employees in the agency. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought had indicated the plan was to reduce the staff from 1,700 to 200.
Judge Berman Jackson stated that, if the administration is permitted to lay off employees as the circuit court ruling allowed, it would “decimate the agency and render it unable to comply with its statutory duties.” She stated, if the plan were allowed to proceed before she has issued a ruling in the employee union’s suit, “there will be no agency standing.”
The judge scheduled a hearing for April 28 regarding the proposed reduction in force (RIF). She said, “I’m willing to resolve it quickly, but I’m not going to let this RIF go forward until I have.”
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The Honorable Amy Berman Jackson
U.S. District Court for District of Columbia
333 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
