Andrew L. Brasher

Andrew Lynn Brasher (born May 20, 1981[1]) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He is a former Solicitor General of Alabama.

Andrew L. Brasher
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2020
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Edward Earl Carnes
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office May 3, 2019 – June 30, 2020
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Mark Fuller
Succeeded by	vacant
Solicitor General of Alabama
In office February 11, 2014 – May 3, 2019
Attorney General	Luther Strange Steve Marshall
Preceded by	John Neiman
Succeeded by	Edmund G. LaCour Jr.
Personal details
Born	Andrew Lynn Brasher May 20, 1981 Milan, Tennessee, U.S.
Education	Samford University (BA) Harvard University (JD)

Biography

Brasher received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Samford University, and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review and earned the Victor Brudney Prize. After law school, Brasher served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He then worked in the Birmingham office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. In 2011, Brasher became Deputy Solicitor General of Alabama under state Attorney General Luther Strange. He was promoted to Solicitor General in February 2014. He continued to serve as Solicitor General until his appointment to be a federal district judge.[2]

Federal judicial service

District court service

On April 10, 2018, President Trump nominated Brasher to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Mark Fuller, who resigned on August 1, 2015.[3] On June 6, 2018 a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On June 28, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[5]

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Brasher for a federal judgeship.[6] His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[7] On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[8] On May 1, 2019, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a vote of 52–47.[9] He received his judicial commission on May 3, 2019. He was sworn into office on May 7, 2019.[10] His district court service terminated on June 30, 2020, when he received his commission as a Circuit Judge.

His first published opinion for the Middle District of Alabama was Turnham v. United States, 383 F.Supp.3d 1288 (M.D. Ala. 2019), which was released on May 29, 2019.

Court of Appeals service

On November 6, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Brasher to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[11] On November 21, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Brasher to the seat to be vacated by Judge Edward Earl Carnes, who previously announced his intention to take senior status on a date to be determined.[12] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on December 4, 2019.[13] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[14] Later that day, he was re-nominated to the same seat.[15] On January 16, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[16] On February 10, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture by a vote of 46–41.[17] On February 11, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 52–43.[18] He received his judicial commission June 30, 2020 and was sworn in the same day.[19]

Memberships

He was a member of the Federalist Society from 2003 to 2006 and again since 2008.[20]

See also

• Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies

References

1. "Judge Andrew Brasher – Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit". The Vetting Room. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Twelfth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Twelfth Wave of United States Attorneys, and Sixth Wave of United States Marshals". whitehouse.gov. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. "Ten Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", The White House, April 10, 2018
4. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for June 6, 2018
5. Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 28, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
6. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees", White House, January 23, 2019
7. "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 23, 2019
8. Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
9. Roll Call Vote 116th Congress - 1st Session United States Senate Vote Summary: Vote Number 87, United States Senate, May 1, 2019
10. "Andrew Brasher Sworn in as US District Judge". www.almd.uscourts.gov. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
11. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, November 6, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
12. "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, November 21, 2019
13. Nominations for December 4, 2019
14. "PN1297 - Nomination of Andrew Lynn Brasher for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
15. "Four Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 3, 2020
16. Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 16, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
17. "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 2st Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
18. "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 2nd Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
19. "NEWS RELEASE" (PDF). United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Judicial Circuit. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
20. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Andrew L. Brasher

External links

• Andrew L. Brasher at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Appearances at the U.S. Supreme Court from the Oyez Project