Stephen S. Schwartz Explained

Stephen S. Schwartz
Office:Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Term Start:December 22, 2020
Appointer:Donald Trump
Predecessor:Marian Blank Horn
Birth Place:Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Education:Yale University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Stephen Sidney Schwartz (born 1983)[1] is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Education and career

Schwartz received his Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from Yale University, and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. In 2008, he began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Jerry Edwin Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

After his clerkship, he became an associate in the litigation practice of Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. He then served as counsel at the Cause of Action Institute, a public interest law firm.[2] Before becoming a judge, Schwartz was a partner at Schaerr Jaffe LLP in Washington, D.C., where he litigated civil, constitutional, and administrative law matters in federal courts, including before the Supreme Court of the United States.[3]

Claims court service

On June 7, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Schwartz to serve as a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, to the seat vacated by Judge Lynn J. Bush, who assumed senior status on October 21, 2013. On July 25, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination.[4] On September 14, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 11–9 vote.[5] On January 3, 2018, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[6] On January 8, 2018, the White House renominated 21 of 26 federal judicial nominees who had been returned by the U.S. Senate. Schwartz was not among the 21 individuals who were renominated.[7]

On October 2, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Schwartz to serve on the United States Court of Federal Claims.[8] On October 17, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Schwartz to the seat vacated by Judge Marian Blank Horn, who assumed senior status on March 9, 2018.[9] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the Senate.[10] On January 9, 2020, he was renominated to the same seat.[11] On May 14, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[12] On December 7, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 48–46 vote.[13] On December 8, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 49–47 vote.[14] He received his judicial commission on December 22, 2020, and was sworn in on December 23, 2020.[15]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Stephen S. Schwartz . September 22, 2017 . August 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170818172927/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/SJQ_Stephen%20Schwartz.pdf . live .
  2. News: Boyer. Dave. Trump nominates new slate of federal judges. June 27, 2017. Washington Times. June 7, 2017. June 27, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170627091006/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/7/donald-trump-nominates-new-slate-federal-judges/. live.
  3. Web site: President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Candidate Nominations. whitehouse.gov. National Archives. June 7, 2017. March 3, 2021. November 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101233022/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-candidate-nominations/. live.
  4. Web site: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. www.judiciary.senate.gov. July 19, 2017. April 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190402182820/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/07/25/2017/nominations. live.
  5. Web site: Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 14, 2017. September 14, 2017.
  6. Web site: "Congressional Record", United States Senate, January 3, 2018 . January 5, 2018 . November 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201121032003/https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2018/1/3/daily-digest . live .
  7. News: Dupree. Jamie. Trump renominates two Georgians for federal judgeships. January 5, 2018. WSB Radio. January 5, 2018. January 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233727/http://jamiedupree.blog.wsbradio.com/2018/01/05/trump-renominates-two-georgians-for-federal-judgeships/. live.
  8. https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-6/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, October 2, 2019
  9. Web site: "Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, October 17, 2019 . March 3, 2021 . January 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120202004/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/eighteen-nominations-sent-senate/ . live .
  10. Web site: PN1243 – Nomination of Stephen Sidney Schwartz for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020) . January 3, 2020 . www.congress.gov . January 4, 2020.
  11. Web site: "Seven Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 9, 2020 . March 3, 2021 . January 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120201957/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/seven-nominations-sent-senate-5/ . live .
  12. Web site: Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 14, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee . May 15, 2020.
  13. Web site: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Sidney Schwartz to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims). 2020-12-16. United States Senate.
  14. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stephen Sidney Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims). 2020-12-16. United States Senate.
  15. Web site: Stephen S. Schwartz took the oath of office on December 23, 2020, as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims . 2020-12-23 . www.uscfc.uscourts.gov . January 22, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122083323/http://uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/3243 . live .

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