Screenshot from video of Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing featuring Jia M. Cobb to be U.S. district judge for the District of Columbia. (Photo: judiciary Senate video)
Civil rights lawyer and former public defender Jia Cobb was confirmed to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday.
The Senate’s 52-45 vote makes Cobb the fourth Black woman to ever sit on the D.C. District Court, where she will replace Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is taking senior status.
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