Ketanji Brown Jackson is an American attorney and jurist who has served as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2021.
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Ketanji Brown began her legal career with three clerkships, including one with U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer.
Prior to her elevation to an appellate court, from 2013 to 2021, Ketanji Brown served as a district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Ketanji Brown Jackson was also vice chair of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2010 to 2014 and since 2016, she has been a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers.
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, filling the vacancy that is to be created by Breyer’s retirement.
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After the Judiciary Committee deadlocked in an 11–11 vote, Ketanji Brown’s nomination was advanced on April 4 by a 53–47 procedural vote in the Senate.
Ketanji Brown was subsequently confirmed by the same margin on April 7, 2022 and she will be sworn in and become an associate justice in late June or early July, when Breyer’s retirement goes into effect.
How old is Ketanji Brown Jackson’s daughter?

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Ketanji Brown is married to Patrick Graves Jackson, and they have two daughters; Leila and Talia.
Leila Brown Jackson was born in June 2004 and Talia Brown Jackson was born in 2000.


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