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Julia Kobick
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Assumed office
November 13, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byWilliam G. Young
Personal details
Born
Julia Eleanor Kobick

1983 (age 40–41)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)

Julia Eleanor Kobick (born 1983)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 2023.[2] She previously served as deputy state solicitor in the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General.

Education[edit]

Kobick earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2010.[3]

Career[edit]

From 2005 to 2007, Kobick was a second and third grade teacher at P.S. 86, Kingsbridge Heights Elementary School; during the same period she was a corps members with Teach For America.[citation needed] From 2007 to 2011, she was a resident tutor at Cabot House.[citation needed] She served as a summer associate during the summer of 2009 with Hogan Lovells.[4][failed verification] Kobick served as a law clerk for Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 2010 to 2011, for Judge Michael Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2011 to 2012, and for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court from 2012 to 2013. From 2013 to 2021, she served as a deputy attorney general in the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General. She became deputy state solicitor, the state's title for the deputy solicitor general, in 2021 and left in 2023 to become a federal judge.[5][failed verification]

Notable cases[edit]

In 2017, Kobick was part of the legal team that sued the Trump administration for its rollback of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage mandate.[6][7]

In 2022, Kobick defended Massachusetts' mask mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]

In 2022, Kobick was part of the legal team defending Massachusetts' "Right to Repair" law. The law mandated access to car diagnostic and repair systems.[10][11]

Federal judicial service[edit]

On July 29, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Kobick to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.[3] On August 1, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Kobick to the seat vacated by Judge William G. Young, who assumed senior status on July 1, 2021.[12] On November 30, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[13] During her hearing, she was repeatedly questioned by Senator Josh Hawley about an argument she made before the Supreme Court, claiming the Second Amendment did not apply to stun guns because they did not exist when the Amendment was written; an argument which had previously been rejected unanimously by the Court, and which the Court again rejected when she made it.[14] On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. She was renominated on January 23, 2023.[15] On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[16] On November 7, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–46 vote, with Senator Joe Manchin voting against the motion to invoke cloture on her nomination.[17] Later that day, Kobick was confirmed by a 52–46 vote, with Senator Manchin voting against confirmation.[18] Kobick's confirmation made her the 150th judge confirmed during the Biden presidency.[19][20] She received her judicial commission on November 13, 2023.[21]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship". MSN. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Zogenix, Inc. V. Patrick".
  5. ^ "Senators Markey and Warren Statement on the Nominations of Myoung Joun and Julia Kobick to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts". www.markey.senate.gov. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "AG Healey Sues the Trump Administration for Roll Back of Contraception Coverage Mandate | Mass.gov". www.mass.gov.
  7. ^ Pear, Robert; Ruiz, Rebecca R.; Goodstein, Laurie (October 6, 2017). "Trump Administration Rolls Back Birth Control Mandate". The New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  8. ^ "End of Mask Order Moots Legal Challenge, Mass. Justices Say - Law360".
  9. ^ "Julia Kobick – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts". September 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "'Irritated' Judge Nearing Verdict on Mass. Car Data Law - Law360".
  11. ^ "Judge looks to resolve 2 'major outstanding issues' in Mass. 'right to repair' case". September 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. August 1, 2022.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  13. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 29, 2022.
  14. ^ Kutner, Brad. "US Senate Judiciary Panel Grills Handful of Biden District Court Nominees". Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 23, 2023.
  16. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  17. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Julia E. Kobick to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts)". United States Senate. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  18. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation,: Julia E. Kobick, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts)". United States Senate. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  19. ^ "Senate confirms Biden's 150th judge". NBC News. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  20. ^ "Statement from President Joe Biden on 150th Judicial Confirmation" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  21. ^ Julia Kobick at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links[edit]

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
2023–present 		Incumbent
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Kobick