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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 25, 2022

The U.S. Senate yesterday voted to confirm Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit by a vote of 49-43. Davis will be the first Black woman to serve on the court from Michigan, and only the second Black woman on the court, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Davis began her legal career in private practice focused on product liability and commercial litigation and then joined the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. In 2016, she was appointed to the U.S. District Court in Eastern Michigan. Davis will replace Judge Helene N. White, who is retiring. Today, President Joe Biden nominated Ohio lawyer Rachel S. Bloomekatz to also serve on the court. Bloomekatz is a solo practioner in Columbus. She previously served as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General in Boston, and as a law clerk on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Stephen Breyer.