Ada Brown (judge)
United States District Judge
Ada Elene Brown (born November 8, 1974) is a Native American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She was appointed in 2019 by President Donald Trump. 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 Native American and African-American woman federal judge nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate.
Early life and education
Brown was born on November 8, 1974, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She graduated as a valedictorian of her high school class, where she was elected both sophomore and junior class president. She graduated from Spelman College in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, and from the Emory University School of Law in 1999 with a Juris Doctor. Later in her career, she earned a Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law.
Legal career
Criminal law practice
Brown began her career practicing criminal law. She served as a trial prosecutor at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, where she tried over 100 jury trials to verdict as lead prosecutor.
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