Vijay Shanker Explained

Vijay Shanker
Office:Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Appointer:Joe Biden
Term Start:December 21, 2022
Predecessor:Stephen H. Glickman
Birth Date:2 April 1972
Birth Place:Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Education:Duke University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)

Vijay Shanker (born April 2, 1972)[1] is an American lawyer who is a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Education

Shanker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1999,[2] where he served as a notes editor for the Virginia Law Review, was inducted into the Order of the Coif,[3] and received the Law School Alumni Association Best Note Award.

Career

From 2000 and 2001, Shanker served as a law clerk for Judge Chester J. Straub of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He worked as an associate at Mayer Brown from 2004 to 2005 and at Covington & Burling from 1999 to 2000 and 2001 to 2004. Shanker joined the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division in 2005. He previously served as counselor and acting deputy chief of staff to the assistant attorney General for the Criminal Division and senior litigation counsel in the division's fraud section.[4] Shanker was also an associate adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law.[5]

D.C. Court service

Nomination under Trump

On June 25, 2020, President Donald Trump nominated Shanker to serve as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. President Trump nominated Shanker to the seat vacated by Judge John R. Fisher, who assumed senior status on August 22, 2020.[6] On January 3, 2021, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. He was renominated the same day[7] and his nomination was withdrawn by President Joe Biden on February 4, 2021.[8]

Renomination under Biden

On July 14, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Shanker to serve as a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. President Biden nominated Shanker to the seat vacated by Judge Stephen H. Glickman, who retired on June 25, 2022.[9] [10] On September 21, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[11] On September 28, 2022, his nomination was favorably reported out of the committee by voice vote en bloc, with Senator Rick Scott voting no on record.[12] On December 15, 2022, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a voice vote.[13] He was sworn in on December 21, 2022.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 21, 2022 . NOMINATIONS OF COLLEEN J. SHOGAN, VIJAY SHANKER, LAURA E. CRANE, LESLIE A. MEEK, AND VERONICA M. SANCHEZ . February 14, 2023 . COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE . 39.
  2. Web site: Vijay Shanker jnc . July 15, 2022 . jnc.dc.gov.
  3. Web site: June 25, 2020 . President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees . https://web.archive.org/web/20210118161721/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-16/ . January 18, 2021 . July 15, 2022 . The White House . bot: unknown .
  4. Web site: July 14, 2022 . President Biden Names Twenty-Third Round of Judicial Nominees . July 15, 2022 . The White House . en-US.
  5. Web site: Faculty . July 15, 2022 . American University Washington College of Law . en.
  6. Web site: June 25, 2020 . Three Nominations Sent to the Senate . https://web.archive.org/web/20210118172049/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/three-nominations-sent-senate-9/ . January 18, 2021 . July 15, 2022 . bot: unknown .
  7. Web site: January 3, 2021 . Thirty Nominations Sent to the Senate . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120151418/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/thirty-nominations-sent-senate/ . January 20, 2021 . July 15, 2022 . The White House . bot: unknown .
  8. Web site: February 4, 2021 . PN19 - Nomination of Vijay Shanker for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022) . July 15, 2022 . www.congress.gov.
  9. Web site: July 14, 2022 . PN2385 - Nomination of Vijay Shanker for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022) . July 15, 2022 . www.congress.gov.
  10. News: Biden nominates three new judges to D.C. courts . en-US . Washington Post . July 15, 2022 . 0190-8286.
  11. Web site: Nominations of Colleen J. Shogan to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration; Vijay Shanker to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; and Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. Meek, and Veronica M. Sanchez to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia . September 21, 2022 . . Washington, D.C. .
  12. Web site: September 28, 2022. Memo. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. November 23, 2022.
  13. Web site: July 14, 2022. PN2385 — Vijay Shanker — The Judiciary. United States Congress. December 21, 2022.
  14. Web site: December 21, 2022. THE HONORABLE VIJAY SHANKER IS NOW A JUDGE ON THE DC COURT OF APPEALS. District of Columbia Courts. December 21, 2022.