Tiffany Johnson (Georgia)
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Tiffany Johnson is a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on July 31, 2024, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 2024, by a vote of 48-44.[1][2] Johnson was one of 235 Article III judges nominated by President Joe Biden (D) and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. To see a full list of judges appointed by Joe Biden, click here.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is one of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Prior to joining the court, Johnson was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia.[3]
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (2025-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden
On July 31, 2024, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Johnson to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.[3] She was confirmed by a 48-44 vote of the U.S. Senate on December 9, 2024.[2] Johnson received commission on January 2, 2025.[1] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Tiffany Johnson |
| Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 131 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: July 31, 2024
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| ABA Rating: Well qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: September 25, 2024
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| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: November 21, 2024
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| Confirmed: December 9, 2024
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| Vote: 48-44
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Johnson by a vote of 48-44 on December 9, 2024.[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Johnson confirmation vote (December 9, 2024) | |||||||||
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| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
45 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
 Republican |
0 | 44 | 5 | ||||||
 Independent |
3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 48[4] | 44 | 8 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Johnson's nomination on September 25, 2024. Johnson was reported to the full Senate on November 21, 2024, after an 11-10 committee vote.[5] Click here for a list of other nominees awaiting a committee vote.
Nomination
On July 31, 2024, President Joe Biden (D) nominated Tiffany Johnson to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
The American Bar Association (ABA) rated Johnson well qualified.[6] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
Johnson was nominated to replace Judge Steve C. Jones, who will assume senior status on January 1, 2025.[7]
Biography
Education
Johnson was born in 1986 in Nurnberg, Germany. She earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 2009 and a law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2012.[1][8]
Professional career
- 2025-present: Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- 2017-2024: Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Georgia
- 2020-2024: Criminal Division
- 2017-2020: Civil Division
- 2012-2017: Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia[1]
About the court
| Northern District of Georgia |
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| Eleventh Circuit |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: 11 |
| Judges: 10 |
| Vacancies: 1 |
| Judges |
| Chief: Leigh Martin May |
| Active judges: Jean-Paul Boulee, Michael L. Brown, Victoria Calvert, Mark Howard Cohen, Sarah Geraghty, Steven Grimberg, Tiffany Johnson, Leigh Martin May, William Ray, Eleanor L. Ross Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is one of 94 United States district courts. The district operates out of courthouses in Atlanta, Gainesville, Newnan, and Rome. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit based in downtown Atlanta at the Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse. The Northern District of Georgia has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
There are four court divisions, each covering the following counties:
The Atlanta Division, covering Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale counties.
The Gainesville Division, covering Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties.
The Newnan Division, covering Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, and Troup counties.
The Rome Division, covering Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties.
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
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Biography from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Federal Judicial Center, "Johnson, Tiffany Rene," accessed December 9, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Congress.gov, "PN2016 — Tiffany Rene Johnson — The Judiciary," accessed December 9, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The White House, "Nominations Sent to the Senate," accessed July 31, 2024
- ↑ Note: The bolded number reflects the largest number.
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 21, 2024," accessed November 21, 2024
- ↑ [https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/federal_judicary/118th-web-ratings-chart.pdf American Bar Association, "STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY," accessed September 24 , 2024]
- ↑ United States Courts, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed May 16, 2024
- ↑ The White House, "President Biden Names Fifty-Third Round of Judicial Nominees," accessed July 31, 2024
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| Preceded by Steve C. Jones |
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 2025-Present |
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| Commissioned in 2024 |
John Kazen • John Russell • Margaret Garnett • Cristal Brisco • Jacquelyn Austin • Gretchen Hess Lund • Micah Smith • Joshua Kolar • Karoline Mehalchick • Kirk Sherriff • Lisa Wang • David Leibowitz • Jacqueline Becerra • Julie Sneed • Melissa Damian • Kelly H. Rankin • Nicole Berner • Sunil Harjani • Leon Schydlower • Ernesto Gonzalez • Susan Bazis • Robert White • Ann Marie McIff Allen • Eumi Lee • Krissa Lanham • Eric Schulte • Camela Theeler • Angela Martinez • Jasmine Yoon • Nancy Maldonado • Meredith Vacca • Georgia Alexakis • Joseph Saporito • Amy Baggio • Stacey Neumann • Mary Kay Lanthier • Adam Abelson • Laura Provinzino • Mary Kay Costello • Dena Coggins • Kevin Ritz • Shanlyn A. S. Park • Byron Conway • Jeannette Vargas • Michelle Williams Court • Jonathan E. Hawley • April Perry • Mustafa Kasubhai • Sarah Russell • Amir Ali • Rebecca Pennell • Anthony Brindisi • Elizabeth Coombe • Cynthia Valenzuela • Anne Hwang • Brian Murphy • Noël Wise • Sanket Bulsara • Tiffany Johnson • Sparkle Sooknanan • Gail Weilheimer • Embry Kidd • Melissa DuBose • Sharad Desai • Serena R. Murillo • Benjamin Cheeks • Sarah Davenport | ||
| Commissioned in 2023 | Kai Scott • Tamika Montgomery-Reeves • Margaret R. Guzman • Daniel Calabretta • Matthew Garcia • DeAndrea G. Benjamin • Cindy Chung • Adrienne Nelson • Lindsay Jenkins • Gina Méndez-Miró • Araceli Martínez-Olguín • Jamar Walker • Ana Reyes • Jamal Whitehead • Gordon Gallagher • Matthew Brookman• Maria Araujo Kahn• James Simmons • Robert Ballou• Andrew Schopler • Jonathan Grey• Colleen Lawless • Arun Subramanian • Jessica Clarke • Robert Kirsch • Michael Farbiarz • Anthony Johnstone • Orelia Merchant • Wesley Hsu • Bradley Garcia • LaShonda A. Hunt • Nancy Gbana Abudu • Amanda Brailsford • Darrel Papillion • Jeremy Daniel • Hernan D. Vera • Julie Rikelman • Nusrat Choudhury • P. Casey Pitts • Myong Joun • Kymberly Evanson • Tiffany Cartwright • Rachel Bloomekatz • Natasha Merle • Dale Ho • Philip Hadji • Rita Lin • Brendan Hurson • Vernon D. Oliver • Matthew Maddox • Julia Munley • Brandy McMillion • Susan DeClercq • Julia Kobick • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ana de Alba • Kenly Kiya Kato • Mónica Ramírez Almadani • Jeffrey M. Bryan • Jamel Semper • Irma Ramirez • Richard Federico • Loren AliKhan • Brandon Long • Jerry Edwards Jr.• Sara Hill • Joseph Laroski | ||
| Commissioned in 2022 |
David Herrera Urias • Gabriel Sanchez • Holly Thomas • Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong • David Ruiz • Charles Fleming • Bridget Brennan • Leonard Stark • Alison J. Nathan • John Chun • Julie Rubin • Jacqueline Scott Corley • Ruth Bermudez Montenegro • Victoria Calvert • Georgette Castner • Anne Traum • Cristina Silva • Ketanji Brown Jackson (Supreme Court) • Sarah Geraghty • Hector Gonzalez • Fred Slaughter • Jennifer Rochon • Robert Huie • Sunshine S. Sykes • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Evelyn Padin • Sherilyn P. Garnett • Ana de Alba • J. Michelle Childs • Trina Thompson • Elizabeth Hanes • Nancy Maldonado • Nina Morrison • Gregory Williams • John Z. Lee • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • Lara Montecalvo • Florence Pan • Andre Mathis • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Jennifer Rearden • Roopali Desai • María Antongiorgi-Jordán • Camille Vélez-Rivé • Doris Pryor • Frances Kay Behm • Dana Douglas • Mia Roberts Perez • Anne Nardacci • Jeffery P. Hopkins | ||
| Commissioned in 2021 |
Ketanji Brown Jackson • Zahid Quraishi • Julien Xavier Neals • Deborah Boardman • Regina Rodriguez • Candace Jackson-Akiwumi • Lydia Kay Griggsby • Tiffany Cunningham • Eunice Lee • Angel Kelley • Florence Pan • Veronica Rossman • David G. Estudillo • Sarah A.L. Merriam • Gustavo Gelpí • Christine O'Hearn • Margaret Strickland • Karen McGlashan Williams • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Toby Heytens • Michael Nachmanoff • Sarala Nagala • Beth Robinson • Omar A. Williams • Myrna Pérez • Jia Cobb • Tana Lin • Lauren King • Lucy H. Koh • Jennifer Sung • Samantha Elliott • Katherine Menendez • Mary Dimke • Linda Lopez • Shalina Kumar • Jane Beckering • Jinsook Ohta • Jennifer L. Thurston • Stephen Locher • Charlotte Sweeney • Nina Nin-Yuen Wang • Arianna Freeman • Jerry Blackwell | ||
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