Ketanji Brown’s Jackson was born in Washington, DC on September 14, 1970, to Ellery and Johnny, both public school educators who attended historically black colleges. Her younger brother, Ketajh, was an undercover narcotics officer before joining the Maryland Army National Guard as an infantry officer. Jackson moved to Miami, Florida, with her family when she was a child, where her father attended the University of Miami School of Law. She attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School in the area. Jackson attended Harvard University after graduating in 1988, where she studied government and performed improvisational comedy. She received her magna cum laude in 1992 and went on to Harvard Law School, where she earned her JD in 1996.
Personal Life
Jackson married surgeon Patrick Graves Jackson, whom she met in college, in 1996. Notably, he is a descendant of Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782, businessman and politician Jonathan Jackson. Jackson has two daughters, Leila and Talia, with her husband. Ketanji is related to Paul Ryan through her husband. Janna Ryan is Paul Ryan’s wife’s name. Dana, Janna’s sister, is married to William Jackson, Patrick’s brother.
Career
Jackson worked as a law clerk for Judge Patti B. Saris of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts and then for Judge Bruce M. Selya of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit after graduating from law school. She then worked for the law firm Miller Cassidy Larroca & Lewin for a year in private practice. Jackson clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer from 1999 to 2000. She later returned to private practice, first at the Boston firm Goodwin Procter and then at Feinberg & Rozen.
Jackson worked as an assistant special counsel for the US Sentencing Commission from 2003 to 2005. She then worked as an assistant federal public defender for two years before becoming an appellate specialist at the law firm Morrison & Foerster for three years.
President Barack Obama nominated Jackson in 2009 to be the new vice chair of the US Sentencing Commission, succeeding Michael E. Horowitz. The Commission amended its guidelines during Jackson’s tenure, which lasted until 2014, to reduce the severity of criteria for certain drug crime offences.
In 2012, Obama nominated Jackson to replace outgoing District of Columbia District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. She wrote numerous decisions opposing Trump’s administration’s positions during her tenure, which lasted from 2013 to 2021. She ruled, among other things, that provisions in some of his executive orders violated federal employee collective bargaining and other rights. Jackson also ruled that agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration, the US Department of Homeland Security, and the DC Department of Corrections had violated certain laws and rights during her tenure.
Jackson was nominated by President Joe Biden in April 2021 to fill the vacancy on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit left by Judge Merrick Garland. Jackson issued her first decision as a court of appeals judge in June, invalidating a 2020 Federal Labor Relations Authority rule that limited the bargaining power of labour unions in the federal sector.
Jackson was first considered as a potential Supreme Court nominee in 2016 when officials from the Obama administration investigated her as a possible replacement for the recently deceased Antonin Scalia. She was not chosen in the end. Later, in February 2022, President Biden announced Jackson as his Supreme Court nominee; her nomination was quickly sent to the Senate. Her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee began in late March.
Aside from the federal government, Jackson is a member of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and a member of the American Law Institute’s Council. She also serves on the board of Georgetown Day School. Jackson previously served on the Montrose Christian School advisory board for a year. Jackson has also served as a judge in some mock trials, including those held by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, the Historical Society of the District of Columbia’s Mock Court Program, and Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law. In 2018, Jackson was also a panellist at a National Constitution Center town hall on Alexander Hamilton’s legacy.
Net Worth
Ketanji Brown Jackson is a $1.5 million net-worth American attorney and jurist. That is her net worth in combination with her husband, Dr Patrick G. Jackson. Ketanji’s personal assets are valued at around $400 thousand after her divorce from her husband, according to her financial disclosures. Ketanji Brown Jackson rose to prominence after President Joe Biden nominated her to the Supreme Court in 2022. Ketanji Brown Jackson had been a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2021 at the time of her nomination. She previously served as a district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and as vice chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Facts
| Net Worth | $400 Thousand |
| Date of Birth | September 14, 1970 (52 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Washington DC |
| Profession | Military, Lawyer, Judge |
| Nationality | United States of America |
