Edith Clement
| Edith Brown Clement | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
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Assumed office November 26, 2001 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Malcolm Duhé, Jr. |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
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In office June 9, 2001 – November 27, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | A. J. McNamara |
| Succeeded by | Helen Ginger Berrigan |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
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In office November 25, 1991 – November 27, 2001 |
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| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Charles Schwartz, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Lance M. Africk |
| Personal details | |
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April 29, 1948 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
University of Alabama B.A. Tulane University Law School J.D. |
Edith "Joy" Brown Clement (born April 29, 1948) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Clement was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Erskine John Brown and the former Edith Burrus. In 1969, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. In 1972, she obtained a Juris Doctor from the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. From 1973 to 1975, she clerked for Judge Herbert W. Christenberry at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1973–1975), after which she worked as a maritime attorney in private practice in New Orleans until 1991.
On October 1, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Clement to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, also in New Orleans. She was confirmed by the Senate to this post on November 21, 1991 by a vote of 99–0, and received commission on November 25, 1991. In 2001 she served as chief judge of this court, before being nominated to the Fifth Circuit.
Clement was nominated to her current seat on September 4, 2001 by President George W. Bush to fill a seat vacated by Judge John Malcolm Duhé, Jr., who had assumed Senior status. President Bill Clinton in 1999 had nominated Louisiana lawyer H. Alston Johnson III to the seat on the Fifth Circuit created by Duhé's vacancy, but the United States Senate never held a hearing or took a vote on Johnson's nomination. Clement was confirmed by the Senate on November 13, 2001 by a vote of 99–0, and received her commission on November 26, 2001. She was the first judge Bush appointed to the Fifth Circuit who was confirmed by the Senate.
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