Hala Y. Jarbou Explained

Hala Y. Jarbou
Office:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Term Start:July 18, 2022
Predecessor:Robert James Jonker
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Term Start1:September 23, 2020
Appointer1:Donald Trump
Predecessor1:Robert Holmes Bell
Office2:Judge of the 6th Circuit Court of Michigan
Appointer2:Rick Snyder
Term Start2:October 20, 2015
Term End2:September 23, 2020
Predecessor2:Colleen O'Brien
Successor2:Yasmine I. Poles
Birth Place:Tel Kaif, Iraq
Education:University of Michigan–Dearborn (BBA)
Wayne State University (JD)

Hala Yalda Jarbou (born 1971)[1] is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. She is the first Chaldean federal judge.[2]

Education

Jarbou earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan–Dearborn, with high distinction, and her Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University Law School.[3]

Career

After graduating from law school, Jarbou served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, where she prosecuted general felony offenses, homicides, child sexual assault, and high-profile felony cases. In 2010, she became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, where she prosecuted cases involving drug and firearms offenses, child pornography, and high-level drug trafficking. She was an associate professor of the Paralegal Program at Oakland University from April–July 2005.[4]

State judicial service

On October 20, 2015, Jarbou was appointed to be a judge on the Oakland County Circuit Court by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to the vacancy left by Judge Colleen O'Brien, who was appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals.[5] She was sworn in on January 20, 2016.[6] Her service on the state court terminated when she received her judicial commission as a federal judge.

Federal judicial service

On March 11, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Jarbou to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. On March 18, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Jarbou to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Holmes Bell, who assumed senior status on January 31, 2017.[7] A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on June 24, 2020.[8] On July 30, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 18–4 vote.[9] On September 9, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by an 80–15 vote.[10] On September 10, 2020, her nomination was confirmed by an 83–15 vote.[11] She received her judicial commission on September 23, 2020. She became chief judge on July 18, 2022.

Memberships

Jarbou is a member of the following:

Personal life

Jarbou was born in 1971 in Tel Keppe (Tel Kaif), Iraq and now resides in West Bloomfield. She is an ethnic Assyrian and belongs to the Chaldean Catholic denomination.[12]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Hala Jarbou.
  2. Web site: Trump Nominates First Chaldean for Federal Bench. 2021-01-19. www.aina.org.
  3. Web site: President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominee and United States Marshal Nominee. National Archives. whitehouse.gov.
  4. Web site: Hon. Hala Jarbou . www.oakgov.com . en-US . March 12, 2020.
  5. Web site: Matis, Jarbou appointed to vacancies at Oakland County Circuit Court . Halcom . Chad . October 20, 2015 . Crain's Detroit Business . en . March 12, 2020.
  6. Web site: Welcomed to the bench: Judge Jarbou gets officially sworn in . February 3, 2016 . www.legalnews.com . March 12, 2020.
  7. Web site: Eight Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate. National Archives. whitehouse.gov.
  8. Web site: Nominations United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. August 4, 2020. www.judiciary.senate.gov. June 24, 2020 . en.
  9. Web site: Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 30, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee.
  10. Web site: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hala Y. Jarbou to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Michigan). www.senate.gov.
  11. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Hala Y. Jarbou, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Michigan). www.senate.gov.
  12. Web site: Trump Nominates First Chaldean for Federal Bench. March 13, 2020 . September 10, 2020.