J. Michelle Childs

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Julianna Michelle Childs (born 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit . She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina from 2010 to 2022 and a judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court from 2006 to 2010.

Childs was under consideration by President Joe Biden to fill retiring Justice Stephen Breyer 's seat on the Supreme Court of the United States , but Biden instead nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson for Breyer's seat in February 2022.

Contents

• 1 Early life and education

• 2 Early career

• 3 Judicial career

  • 3.1 State court

  • 3.2 Federal judicial service

    • 3.2.1 District court service

    • 3.2.2 Notable cases

  • 3.3 Potential nomination to the Supreme Court

  • 3.4 Court of appeals service

• 4 Personal life

• 5 See also

• 6 References

• 7 External links

Early life and education

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Childs was born in 1966 in Detroit, Michigan .

Her parents divorced when she was young. Her father, Ralph "Pete" Childs, was a champion ping pong player who won the U.S. Junior Championship in 1964 at age 16; he joined the Detroit Police Department as an officer in 1970. Her mother, Shandra (née Green), a personnel manager for Michigan Bell Telephone , decided to move to Columbia, South Carolina , when Childs was 14 years old due to rising crime in Detroit. Childs' father remained in Detroit and died in 1980 at age 32 from a gunshot wound, possibly self-inflicted.

She attended Columbia High School , where she graduated in 1984 as class president and valedictorian .

She also took part in youth beauty pageants and won the Miss Black Florida pageant in 1986.

Childs was inspired to pursue a legal career after participating in mock trial programs, first in high school and later at the University of South Florida , which she attended on scholarship.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She graduated cum laude in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in management from the University of South Florida. She enrolled at the University of South Carolina School of Law , wanting to practice law in her home state, and graduated in 1991 with a Juris Doctor . Childs also earned a Master of Arts degree in personnel and employment relations from the University of South Carolina School of Business in 1991.

In 2016, she received her Master of Laws in judicial studies from Duke University School of Law .

Early career

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In 1991, Childs was hired as a law clerk at Nexsen Pruet , a firm that represents employers in labor law litigation. She was a full associate at the firm from 1992 to 1999, and became the first Black woman partner at a major South Carolina law firm when she was named a Nexsen Pruet partner in 2000.

During her time at the firm, Childs gained a reputation for being an expert in employment and labor law .

After working for Nexsen Pruet, Childs worked in the state government for six years. From 2000 to 2002, Childs served as the deputy director of the division of labor with the South Carolina Department of Labor during the administration of South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges . From 2002 until 2006, she served as a commissioner on the South

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