Joseph Palmore
Joseph Palmore is a partner at Morrison Foerster LLP.[1]
On April 18, 2024, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Palmore to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[2] Palmore's nomination was returned to the president at the sine die adjournment of the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2025. He was not renominated.[3] Click here for more information on Palmore's federal judicial nomination.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the court of last resort in Washington, D.C. To learn more about the court, click here.
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On April 18, 2024, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Palmore to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.[2] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Joseph Palmore |
| Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
| Progress |
| 506 days since nomination. |
 Nominated: April 18, 2024
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: July 25, 2024
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| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: July 31, 2024
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| Confirmed:
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held hearings on Palmore's nomination on July 25, 2024. Palmore was reported to the full Senate on July 31, 2024, after an 8-3 committee vote.[4] Click here for a list of other nominees awaiting a committee vote.
Nomination
On April 18, 2024, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Palmore to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Biography
Education
Palmore earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1991 and a graduate and law degree from the University of Virginia in 1998.[1]
About the court
| District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
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| Court Information |
| Justices: 9 |
| Founded: 1970 |
| Location: Washington, D.C. |
| Salary |
| Judicial Selection |
| Method: U.S. President appoints, U.S. Senate confirms |
| Term: 15 years |
| Active justices |
| Corinne Ann Beckwith, Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Joshua Deahl, Catharine Friend Easterly, John P. Howard III, Roy W. McLeese, Vijay Shanker |
Established by Congress in 1970, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the court of last resort in Washington, D.C., and has nine judgeships. The current chief of the court is Anna Blackburne-Rigsby.
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals meets in the Historic Courthouse.[5]
As of September 2021, in Washington, D.C., court of appeals justices are selected through an assisted appointment method, where the President selects an appointee from a list provided by a nominating commission. The appointee must then be approved by the U.S. Senate. To read more about this system of selection, click here.
The D.C. Court of Appeals reviews all final orders, judgments and specified interlocutory orders of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and answers questions of law certified by federal and state appellate courts. Additionally, the court may review decisions made by D.C. administrative agencies, boards, and commissions.
Cases are heard by randomly chosen three-judge panels except when it is requested and ordered by a majority of judges in regular active service that the court sit en banc. This may occur when it is deemed that the full court is needed to maintain uniformity of its decisions, or if the case is of noteworthy importance.[6]
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whitehouse.Gov, "President Biden Announces Local D.C. Judicial Nominees and One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Marshal," April 18, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whitehouse.Gov, "PN1627 — Joseph Russell Palmore — The Judiciary," April 18, 2024
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days.
- ↑ Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, "Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Record, accessed July 31, 2024
- ↑ District of Columbia Courts, "Historic Courthouse," accessed September 15, 2021
- ↑ District of Columbia Courts, "About the Court of Appeals," accessed September 15, 2021
