Grant C. Jaquith

Grant Colton Jaquith[1] is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He was formerly the interim United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York.

Grant C. Jaquith
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Assumed office
September 1, 2020
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byRobert N. Davis
United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York
In office
January 5, 2018 – September 2, 2020
Acting: July 1, 2017 – January 5, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byRichard S. Hartunian
Personal details
Born
Grant Colton Jaquith
EducationPresbyterian College (BS)
Fredric G. Levin College of Law (JD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1982–2011
Rank Colonel
UnitUnited States Army Reserve
Army Circuit Judge (2001–2010)
Trial Judge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (2006)
Awards

Education

Jaquith earned his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Presbyterian College and his Juris Doctor from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law.[2]

Jaquith served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, including as First Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of the Criminal Division, Narcotics Chief, and Chief of the Albany Office. Jaquith served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army from 1982 to 2011. He served as Staff Judge Advocate, Circuit Judge, and Chief of Military Law, rising to the rank of Colonel.[2]

Before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Jaquith was in the litigation department of the law firm of Bond Schoeneck & King in Syracuse (1988–89) and a Judge Advocate on active duty in the U.S. Army (1982–88), where his work included administrative law, labor law, settlement of civil claims, legal assistance to soldiers, retirees, and their families, and criminal prosecutions. In 1984, he also taught Juvenile Law and Federal Income Taxation at Drury College. In 1982, he interned at the Public Defender's Office in Gainesville, Florida.[3]

Federal judicial service

On August 28, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Jaquith to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. On September 19, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Jaquith to the seat vacated by Judge Robert N. Davis when his term expired on December 4, 2019.[4] On November 6, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.[5] On January 29, 2020, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee.[6] On July 23, 2020, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He received his judicial commission on September 1, 2020.

References
  1. https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/profile/?num=350958
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee" White House, August 28, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Meet the U.S. Attorney". www.justice.gov. January 29, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  4. "Eight Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 19, 2019
  5. United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, "Pending Nominations", November 6, 2019
  6. United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs "Pending Legislation and Nomination", January 29, 2020
Legal offices
Preceded by
Richard S. Hartunian		 United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York
2017–2020		 Vacant
Preceded by
Robert N. Davis		 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
2020–present		 Incumbent
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