Before the Roger Stone case, Judge Amy Berman Jackson spent more than three decades in the legal field — as a prosecutor, defense attorney and now district court judge. Here's a look at her career before the recent spotlight 👇
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APIn 2010, then-President Barack Obama nominated Jackson to the federal bench. At her confirmation hearing, Jackson referred to a letter her father, who was a doctor, wrote to her on her last day of law school.
Lawyers who have argued cases before Jackson since she joined the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2011 say she has been demanding, rigorous and fair. "She not only had to decide the questions of law but also be the fact-finder. So it was a very challenging assignment, and she definitely proved herself up to the task," said Jacobs, who is now a partner at Perkins Coie.
She handled the cases in Washington against Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his former deputy, Rick Gates, both of whom pleaded guilty before Jackson.
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