Stephen Vaden

Stephen Alexander Vaden (born May 15, 1982)[1] is a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.

Stephen Vaden
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office December 21, 2020
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Delissa A. Ridgway
General Counsel of the United States Department of Agriculture
In office December 14, 2018 – December 21, 2020
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Jeffrey Prieto
Succeeded by	vacant
Personal details
Born	May 15, 1982 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Education	Vanderbilt University (BA) Yale University (JD)

Education

Vaden earned a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.[2]

Legal career

After graduating from law school, Vaden served as a law clerk to Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and to Judge Samuel H. Mays Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Vaden has practiced law at Patton Boggs and Jones Day, specializing in appellate litigation, election law, and administrative law.[2][3]

General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture

Vaden served on the Trump administration's United States Department of Agriculture landing team.[4] He was appointed Principal Deputy General Counsel of the department on March 17, 2017, succeeding Lee Fink.

On September 2, 2017, Vaden was nominated to be the General Counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate, 53–46, on November 27, 2018, and was sworn in on December 14, 2018.[5] He left the Department after being commissioned as a Judge of the Court of International Trade.

Trade Court service

On October 2, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Vaden to the United States Court of International Trade.[6] On October 17, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Vaden to the seat vacated by Judge Delissa A. Ridgway, who took senior status on January 31, 2019.[7] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on November 13, 2019.[8] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[9] Later that day, he was re-nominated to the same seat.[10] On January 16, 2020, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[11] On November 18, 2020, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 49–43 vote.[12] He received his judicial commission on December 21, 2020.

References

1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2SY1-TYQ
2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". The White House. September 2, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. Polantz, Katelyn (September 8, 2017). "DC Judge's Best Trial Tips, Government Lawyers Flock to Firms, Mueller's Hotline". The National Law Journal. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
4. Scarcella, Mike (September 13, 2017). "Ex-Jones Day Associate Is Trump's Pick for USDA General Counsel". The National Law Journal. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
5. "US Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress - 2nd Session". US Senate. United States Senate. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
6. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees" White House, October 2, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
7. "Eighteen Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, October 17, 2019
8. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for November 13, 2019
9. "PN1244 - Nomination of Stephen A. Vaden for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
10. "Four Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 3, 2020
11. Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 16, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
12. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade)" United States Senate, November 18, 2020

External links

• Stephen Vaden at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• S. Hrg. 115-602 - NOMINATION HEARING: GLEN SMITH, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION BOARD, FARM CREDIT UNION, AND STEPHEN ALEXANDER VADEN, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.