Ada Brown | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
| Assumed office September 13, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Terry R. Means |
| Associate Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas | |
| In office September 3, 2013 – September 13, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Rick Perry |
| Succeeded by | David W. Evans |
| Judge of the Dallas County District Court | |
| In office 2005–2007 | |
| Appointed by | Rick Perry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ada Elene Brown November 8, 1974 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Nationality | American Choctaw Nation |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Spelman College (BA) Emory University (JD) |
Ada Elene Brown (born November 8, 1974) is an American lawyer who is a district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is a former trial judge of the Dallas County courts and a former Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas. She was the first African-American woman federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate. She is also the first African American woman to sit as a federal judge in the 140- year-history of the Northern District of Texas.[1]
A citizen of the Choctaw Nation, Brown is also one of six actively serving Native American federal judges of 673 federal district court judges.[2] When appointed to the federal bench, Brown became the only woman judge in the 233-year history of the Choctaw Nation to serve as a federal judge.
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