Lindsey Freeman
Lindsey Ann Freeman | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | |
Designate | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | Catherine Eagles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1983 (age 41–42) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
Lindsey Ann Freeman[1] is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Middle District of North Carolina. She has been announced as a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Early life and Education
[edit]Freeman was born in 1983 in Austin, Texas.[2] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 2005 from Harvard University, majoring in social studies. She received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, in 2011 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she served as comments editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. She served as a law clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2011 to 2012.[2]
Career
[edit]In 2012, Freeman was hired as counsel for the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where she focused on antitrust, product liability, and white collar criminal law.[2]
Freeman served as counsel in the Office of Legal Policy in the United States Department of Justice from 2017 to 2019, Chief of Staff of that same office from 2019 to 2020 and Chief of Staff and Deputy Attorney General from 2020 to 2021.[2] Since 2021, she has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the Middle District of North Carolina.
Nomination to district court
[edit]On August 22, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Freeman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina vacated by Catherine Eagles.[3] The nomination was transmitted to the United States Senate on September 15, 2025, and is currently pending before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.[4] On September 17, 2025, a confirmation hearing was held for her and other nominees before the Senate Judiciary Committee[5] On October 9, 2025, the committee voted to support her nomination by a vote of 15 to 7.[6] Her nomination was confirmed on December 2, 2025 by a vote of 60 to 39.
References
[edit]- ^ "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. LUIS FRANCISCO SANCHEZ, JR., Defendant - Appellant" (PDF). www.ca4.gov. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. May 27, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ a b c d Freeman, Lindsey Ann (September 18, 2025). "Freeman's Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire" (PDF). www.judiciary.senate.gov. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
- ^ "Trump nominates new district court judges". breakingthenews.net.
- ^ "PN520-2 - Nomination of Lindsey Ann Freeman for The Judiciary, 119th Congress (2025-2026)". www.congress.gov. September 17, 2025.
- ^ "LOCATION CHANGE: Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
- ^ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/7724bc11-ea93-6871-6706-e3abbb21e374/2025-10-09_EBM_Results.pdf
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