Candace Jackson-Akiwumi
Jackson-Akiwumi is the first ex-public defender and the only Black person to currently serve on the Seventh Circuit. She's the second Black woman in her position following Judge Ann Claire Williams, who retired in 2018.
Out of President Joe Biden’s 11 nominees to be federal judges, nine are women, five are Black and four are Black women.
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