Amy Berman Jackson

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Amy Sauber Berman Jackson (born July 22, 1954) is an American lawyer serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia .

Contents

• 1 Early life and education

• 2 Career

  • 2.1 Federal judicial service

  • 2.2 Selected opinions

    • 2.2.1 Labor law

    • 2.2.2 EPA & Spruce Mine permit

    • 2.2.3 Jesse Jackson Jr.

    • 2.2.4 Bishop of D.C. v. Sebelius

    • 2.2.5 Benghazi wrongful death case

    • 2.2.6 Paul Manafort and Rick Gates

    • 2.2.7 Alex van der Zwaan

    • 2.2.8 Roger Stone

    • 2.2.9 Mueller investigation memo

    • 2.2.10 CFPB

• 3 Affiliations

• 4 Personal life

• 5 See also

• 6 References

• 7 External links

Early life and education

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Amy Berman was born on July 22, 1954, in Baltimore , Maryland , She is the daughter of Mildred (Sauber) and Barnett Berman, a physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital . She graduated from Harvard College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts , cum laude , and from Harvard Law School in 1979 with a Juris Doctor , cum laude.

Career

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After graduating from law school, Jackson served as a law clerk to Judge Harrison Lee Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1979 to 1980. From 1980 to 1986, she served as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia , where she received Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards for her work on high-profile murder and sexual assault cases in 1985 and 1986. From 1986 to 1994, Jackson was an associate and then a partner at the law firm Venable, Baetjer, Howard and Civiletti (now Venable LLP ).

From 2000 until her appointment as a federal judge, Jackson was a member of the law firm Trout Cacheris & Solomon PLLC in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in complex litigation, criminal investigations and defense, criminal trials, civil trials, and appeals. In 2009 Jackson represented nine-term Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district William J. Jefferson in his corruption trial . In 2025, Jackson blocked the Trump administration's attempt to oust United States Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger .

Jackson has served as a legal commentator for Fox News , CNN , NBC , and MSNBC .

Federal judicial service

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On June 17, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Jackson to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that was vacated by Judge Gladys Kessler , who assumed senior status in 2007. She was unanimously rated "well qualified" for the post by the American Bar Association 's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary (the committee's highest rating). Her nomination lapsed at the end of the 111th Congress ; Obama renominated her on January 5, 2011, at the beginning of the 112th Congress . The United States Senate confirmed Jackson on March 17, 2011, by a 97–0 vote. She received her commission the next day. She assumed senior status on May 1, 2023.

Selected opinions

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Labor law

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In Chamber of Commerce v. National Labor Relations Board (2012), Jackson ruled that the [National Labor Relations Board]

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