Jacqueline Thomsen

March 30, 2021 | National Law Journal

"This list powerfully affirms that nominees who are racially diverse and whose professional background reflects a broad range of practice are available to serve on the federal bench," said Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP LDF.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

March 30, 2021 | National Law Journal

Out of the 11 nominees—the most unveiled by a president by this point of his term in recent history—nine are women, and four have backgrounds as public defenders. A number of others have Big Law experience, including two nominees who are currently working at large firms.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

March 30, 2021 | National Law Journal

Biden's first slate of judges include a number of historic picks, including a nominee to be the first Muslim American judge appointed in the U.S.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

March 29, 2021 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said there were "obvious differences between the affiants' description of the nature and subject matter of the documents, and the documents themselves."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

March 29, 2021 | National Law Journal

Clare Locke and Susman Godfrey will be "equal partners" going forward in the Dominion defamation lawsuits filed over false statements made over the voting system company's role in the 2020 election.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

March 26, 2021 | National Law Journal

"If this case does not rise to the level of defamation by a broadcaster, [than] nothing does," Susman Godfrey and Clare Locke attorneys wrote in the lawsuit.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

March 25, 2021 | National Law Journal

"I feel there's a cost when voices are missing from the room," one judge testified. "That cost is not theoretical. It is real. Diversity makes for a better judiciary, and that in turn helps fulfill our promise of justice for all."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

6 minute read

March 25, 2021 | National Law Journal

If confirmed, Cobb would be the third Black woman currently on the D.C. District Court and only the fourth Black woman ever appointed to that bench.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

March 23, 2021 | National Law Journal

A federal judge said DOJ lawyers "should know better" than to make public comments about pending cases, and said he wouldn't hesitate to impose a gag order or sanction attorneys.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

March 23, 2021 | National Law Journal

"Powell's defense in the defamation lawsuit undermines her defense in the disciplinary proceeding," one legal ethics expert said.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read