First State Times

WILMINGTON, Del. – The White House announced that Jennifer L. Hall, who was recommended by U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) for a judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, will be nominated for the bench.

“Jennifer Hall will be an outstanding District Court judge for Delaware,” said the Senators. “She has impeccable credentials for this post, given her experience as both a Magistrate Judge and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Delaware, as well as her background in biochemistry and extensive work in patent law – the latter especially important for a state as innovation-driven as ours. We applaud President Biden for appointing someone so well-suited to handle the District of Delaware’s significant and complex docket.

“Judge Hall is respected immensely by her colleagues and peers on the court, and we know she will ably fill the post to be vacated by Judge Andrews. The people of Delaware and our nation will be well-served with this nomination, and we look forward to a swift hearing and confirmation.”

Judge Hall will be nominated for the judicial vacancy to be created when Judge Richard G. Andrews takes senior status at the end of this year. Judge Hall is currently a Magistrate Judge on the U.S. District of Delaware, having served in that capacity since 2019. Previously, Judge Hall served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware from 2011 to 2019, including as Chief of the office’s Civil Division from 2015 to 2019; prior to that, she was a patent lawyer in the Wilmington office of Fish & Richardson P.C. Judge Hall clerked for the Court of Appeals for both the Federal and Third Circuits.

Judge Hall received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, and a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota.

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