Grant C. Jaquith

Grant C. Jaquith
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Incumbent
Assumed office September 1, 2020
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Robert N. Davis
United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York
In office January 5, 2018 – September 2, 2020 Acting: July 1, 2017 – January 5, 2018
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Richard S. Hartunian
Personal details
Born	Grant Colton Jaquith
Education	Presbyterian College (BS) Fredric G. Levin College of Law (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1982–2011
Rank	Colonel
Unit	United States Army Reserve Army Circuit Judge (2001–2010) Trial Judge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (2006)
Awards	See list Legion of Merit

Grant Colton Jaquith is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He was formerly the interim United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York.

Education

Jaquith earned his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Presbyterian College and his Juris Doctor from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law.

Legal career

Jaquith served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, including as First Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of the Criminal Division, Narcotics Chief, and Chief of the Albany Office. Jaquith served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army from 1982 to 2011. He served as Staff Judge Advocate, Circuit Judge, and Chief of Military Law, rising to the rank of Colonel.

Before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Jaquith was in the litigation department of the law firm of Bond Schoeneck & King in Syracuse (1988–89) and a Judge Advocate on active duty in the U.S. Army (1982–88), where his work included administrative law, labor law, settlement of civil claims, legal assistance to soldiers, retirees, and their families, and criminal prosecutions. In 1984, he also taught Juvenile Law and Federal Income Taxation at Drury College. In 1982, he interned at the Public Defender's Office in Gainesville, Florida.

Federal judicial service

On August 28, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Jaquith to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. On September 19, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Jaquith to the seat vacated by Judge Robert N. Davis when his term expired on December 4, 2019. On November 6, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. On January 29, 2020, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee. On July 23, 2020, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He received his judicial commission on September 1, 2020.