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'''Julia Eleanor Kobick''' (born 1983)<ref name="Questionnaire">{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kobick%20SJQ%20Public%20Final1.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref> is an American lawyer serving as deputy state solicitor in the [[Massachusetts Attorney General|Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General]]. She is the nominee to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-nominates-abortion-rights-lawyer-in-us-supreme-court-case-to-federal-judgeship/ar-AA106I1k|access-date=July 29, 2022|website=MSN|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Julia Eleanor Kobick''' (born 1983)<ref name="Questionnaire">{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kobick%20SJQ%20Public%20Final1.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref> is an American lawyer serving as deputy state solicitor in the [[Massachusetts Attorney General|Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General]]. She is the designate to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-nominates-abortion-rights-lawyer-in-us-supreme-court-case-to-federal-judgeship/ar-AA106I1k|access-date=July 29, 2022|website=MSN|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
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=== Nomination to district court ===
=== Nomination to district court ===


On July 29, 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate Kobick to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.<ref name="WHBio" /> On August 1, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Kobick to the seat vacated by Judge [[William G. Young]], who assumed [[senior status]] on July 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=August 1, 2022 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/01/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-78/}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> On November 30, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=November 29, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/11/30/2022/nominations}}</ref> During her hearing, she was repeatedly questioned by Senator [[Josh Hawley]] about an argument she made before the Supreme Court, claiming the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] did not apply to stun guns because they did not exist when the Amendment was written; an argument which had previously been rejected unanimously by the Court, and which the Court again rejected when she made it.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kutner|first=Brad|title=US Senate Judiciary Panel Grills Handful of Biden District Court Nominees|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/11/30/us-senate-judiciary-panel-grills-handful-of-biden-district-court-nominees/|language=en|access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref> On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]]. She was renominated on January 23, 2023.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=January 23, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/23/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-92/}}</ref> On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-02-09%20-%20EBM%20-%20Results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 9, 2023}}</ref> On November 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–46 vote, with Senator [[Joe Manchin]] voted against the motion to invoke cloture on her nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00296.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Julia E. Kobick to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts)|website=United States Senate|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref> Her nomination is pending before the [[United States Senate]].
On July 29, 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate Kobick to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.<ref name="WHBio" /> On August 1, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Kobick to the seat vacated by Judge [[William G. Young]], who assumed [[senior status]] on July 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=August 1, 2022 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/01/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-78/}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> On November 30, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=November 29, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/11/30/2022/nominations}}</ref> During her hearing, she was repeatedly questioned by Senator [[Josh Hawley]] about an argument she made before the Supreme Court, claiming the [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] did not apply to stun guns because they did not exist when the Amendment was written; an argument which had previously been rejected unanimously by the Court, and which the Court again rejected when she made it.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kutner|first=Brad|title=US Senate Judiciary Panel Grills Handful of Biden District Court Nominees|url=https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/11/30/us-senate-judiciary-panel-grills-handful-of-biden-district-court-nominees/|language=en|access-date=May 11, 2023}}</ref> On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]]. She was renominated on January 23, 2023.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=January 23, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/23/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-92/}}</ref> On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-02-09%20-%20EBM%20-%20Results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 9, 2023}}</ref> On November 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–46 vote, with Senator [[Joe Manchin]] voted against the motion to invoke cloture on her nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00296.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Julia E. Kobick to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts)|website=United States Senate|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref> The Senate confirmed Kobick later that day in a 52–46 vote. She currently is awaiting her federal judicial commission.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 00:06, 8 November 2023

Julia Kobick
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
Appointed byJoe Biden
SucceedingWilliam G. Young
Personal details
Born
Julia Eleanor Kobick

1983 (age 40–41)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
SpouseFiery Cushman
EducationHarvard University (AB, JD)

Julia Eleanor Kobick (born 1983)[1] is an American lawyer serving as deputy state solicitor in the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. She is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.[2]

Education

Kobick earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2010.[3]

Career

From 2005 to 2007, Kobick was a second and third grade teacher at P.S. 86, Kingsbridge Heights Elementary School; during the same period she was a corps members with Teach For America.[citation needed] From 2007 to 2011, she was a resident tutor at Cabot House.[citation needed] She served as a summer associate during the summer of 2009 with Hogan Lovells.[4][failed verification] Kobick served as a law clerk for Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 2010 to 2011, for Judge Michael Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2011 to 2012, and for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court from 2012 to 2013. From 2013 to 2021, she served as a deputy attorney general in the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. She became deputy state solicitor, the state's title for the deputy solicitor general, in 2021.[5][failed verification]

Notable cases

  • In 2022, Kobick was part of the legal team defending Massachusetts' "Right to Repair" law. The law mandated access to car diagnostic and repair systems.[10][11]

Nomination to district court

On July 29, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Kobick to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.[3] On August 1, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Kobick to the seat vacated by Judge William G. Young, who assumed senior status on July 1, 2021.[12] On November 30, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[13] During her hearing, she was repeatedly questioned by Senator Josh Hawley about an argument she made before the Supreme Court, claiming the Second Amendment did not apply to stun guns because they did not exist when the Amendment was written; an argument which had previously been rejected unanimously by the Court, and which the Court again rejected when she made it.[14] On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. She was renominated on January 23, 2023.[15] On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[16] On November 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–46 vote, with Senator Joe Manchin voted against the motion to invoke cloture on her nomination.[17] The Senate confirmed Kobick later that day in a 52–46 vote. She currently is awaiting her federal judicial commission.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship". MSN. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Zogenix, Inc. V. Patrick".
  5. ^ "Senators Markey and Warren Statement on the Nominations of Myoung Joun and Julia Kobick to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts". www.markey.senate.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "AG Healey Sues the Trump Administration for Roll Back of Contraception Coverage Mandate | Mass.gov". www.mass.gov.
  7. ^ Pear, Robert; Ruiz, Rebecca R.; Goodstein, Laurie (October 6, 2017). "Trump Administration Rolls Back Birth Control Mandate". The New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  8. ^ "End of Mask Order Moots Legal Challenge, Mass. Justices Say - Law360".
  9. ^ "Julia Kobick – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts". September 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "'Irritated' Judge Nearing Verdict on Mass. Car Data Law - Law360".
  11. ^ "Judge looks to resolve 2 'major outstanding issues' in Mass. 'right to repair' case". September 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 1, 2022.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  13. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 29, 2022.
  14. ^ Kutner, Brad. "US Senate Judiciary Panel Grills Handful of Biden District Court Nominees". Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 23, 2023.
  16. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  17. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Julia E. Kobick to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts)". United States Senate. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.