Claria Horn Boom
2018 - Present
6
2018 - Present
6
Claria Horn Boom is a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. She was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump (R) on June 12, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 10, 2018, by a vote of 96-1.[1] To see a full list of judges appointed by Donald Trump, click here.
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky are two of 94 U.S. District Courts. They are the general trial courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
Previously, she was a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC.[2]
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States District Court for the Western and Eastern District of Kentucky (2018-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump
Boom was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky by President Donald Trump (R) on June 12, 2017. The U.S. Senate confirmed Boom on April 10, 2018, by a vote of 96-1.[1] she received commission on April 11, 2018.[3] To read more about the federal nomination process, click here.
 |
| Nominee Information |
| Name: Claria Horn Boom |
| Court: United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Kentucky and Western District of Kentucky |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 302 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 12, 2017
|
| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified
|
| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: November 15, 2017
|
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: December 7, 2017
|
| Confirmed: April 10, 2018
|
| Vote: 96 - 1
|
Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Boom on April 10, 2018, on a vote of 96-1.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Claria Horn Boom confirmation vote (April 10, 2018) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
45 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
 Republican |
50 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
 Independent |
1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 96 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Horn had her hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 15, 2017. The committee voted to advance Horn's nomination to the full Senate on Devember 7, 2017.[1]
Nomination
Horn was nominated to replace Judge Jennifer Coffman, who retired on January 8, 2013.
The American Bar Association rated Horn Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the position.[4] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
Bildung
Boom earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Transylvania University in 1991. She earned her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, Order of the Coif, in 1994. During her legal studies, she served on the executive editorial board of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.[5]
Professional career
- 2018-present: Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- 2006-2018: Private practice, Lexington, Ky.
- 2005: Executive director, Kentucky Equine Education Project
- 2002-2005: Private practice, Lexington, Ky.
- 1998-2002: Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Kentucky
- 1998-2002: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky
- 1995-1998: Private practice, Atlanta, Ga.
- 1994-1995: Law clerk, Hon. Pierce Lively, United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals[5][6][7]
About the court
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
| Western District of Kentucky |
|---|
| Sixth Circuit |
|
| Judgeships |
| Posts: 5 |
| Judges: 5 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: Greg N. Stivers |
| Active judges: Benjamin Joel Beaton, Claria Horn Boom, David J. Hale, Rebecca Grady Jennings, Greg N. Stivers Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is one of 94 United States district courts. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit based in downtown Cincinnati at the Potter A. Stewart Federal Courthouse and Building.
The Western District of Kentucky has five authorized judicial posts. The chief judge of the court is Greg N. Stivers, who was appointed by President Barack Obama (D). Three of the judges on the court were appointed by Donald Trump (R).
The Western District of Kentucky has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
There are four court divisions, each covering the following counties:
The Bowling Green Division, covering Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, and Warren counties.
The Louisville Division, covering Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Spencer, and Washington counties.
The Owensboro Division, covering Daviess, Grayson, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union, and Webster counties.
The Paducah Division, covering Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall, and Trigg counties.
To read opinions published by this court,click here.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
| Eastern District of Kentucky |
|---|
| Sixth Circuit |
|
| Judgeships |
| Posts: 6 |
| Judges: 6 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: Danny Reeves |
| Active judges: Claria Horn Boom, David Bunning, Karen Caldwell, Danny Reeves, Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, Robert Wier Senior judges: |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is one of 94 United States district courts. The district operates out of courthouses in Lexington, Ashland, Covington, Frankfort, London and Pikeville, Kentucky. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit based in downtown Cincinnati at the Potter A. Stewart Federal Courthouse and Building.
The Eastern District of Kentucky has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
There are six court divisions, each covering the following counties:
The Ashland Division, covering Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Morgan, and Rowan counties.
The Covington Division, covering Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason, Pendleton, and Robertson counties.
The Frankfort Division, covering Anderson, Carroll, Franklin, Henry, Owen, Shelby, and Trimble counties.
The Lexington Division, covering Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Wolfe, and Woodford counties.
The London Division, covering Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Owsley, Perry, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, and Whitley counties.
The Pikeville Division, covering Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, and Pike counties.
The court is based in Lexington and also holds sessions in federal courthouses in Ashland, Covington, Frankfort, London, and Pikeville. The court also meets in Richmond and Jackson. In addition, at one time the court also met in Catlettsburg, however the court left Catlettsburg when the Carl D. Perkins Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Ashland was completed.
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Boom's biography from Frost Brown Todd LLC
- [1] from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 United States Congress, "PN 596 — Claria Horn Boom — The Judiciary," accessed June 16, 2017
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center "Claria Horn Boom," accessed April 22, 2020
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center "Claria Horn Boom," accessed April 22, 2020
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III and Article IV judicial nominees," accessed April 20, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ Frost Brown Todd LLC, "Former KEEP Executive Director joins law practice," accessed August 9, 2017
- ↑ The Vetting Room, "Claria Horn Boom - Nominee for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky & the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky," July 31, 2017
