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Julie Helene Becker

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Julie Helene Becker

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2031

Years in position

9

Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan, 1996

Law

Yale Law School, 1999


Julie Helene Becker is an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on June 23, 2016. Prior to her judicial service, she was a supervising attorney at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. [1][2]

Education

Becker earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1996, and her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1999.[2]

Professional career

  • 2007-2016: Supervising attorney, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
  • Staff attorney
  • Skadden Fellow

Judicial career

Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Nomination Tracker
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Nominee Information
Name: Julie Helene Becker
Court: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Progress
Confirmed 420 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: April 30, 2015
ApprovedAABA Rating: Not rated by the ABA
Questionnaire:
ApprovedAHearing: March 2, 2016
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
ApprovedAReported: April 25, 2016 
ApprovedAConfirmed: June 23, 2016
ApprovedAVote: Voice vote


President Barack Obama nominated Becker to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on April 30, 2015, to a seat vacated by Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr..[2] Hearings on Becker's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on April 25, 2016. Becker was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 23, 2016.[1]

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