Annemarie C. Axon

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Tenure

2018 - Present

Years in position

7

Education

Bachelor's

University of Alabama, 1995

Law

University of Alabama School of Law, 1999

Personal

Birthplace

Winter Park, Fla.

Contact

Official website

Annemarie Carney Axon is a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. She was nominated to the court by PresidentDonald Trump (R) on January 8, 2018, and confirmed by theU.S. Senate on June 6, 2018, by a vote of 83-11.^[1][2] To see a full list of judges appointed byDonald Trump,click here.

TheUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is one of 94U.S. District Courts. They are the generaltrial courts of theUnited States federal courts. To learn more about the court,click here.

At the time of her nomination Axon was a member of theBirmingham, Alabama law firm of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, & Brandt, LLC.^[3]

Judicial nominations and appointments

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

See also:Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Axon was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by PresidentDonald Trump (R) on January 8, 2018. TheU.S. Senate confirmed Axon on June 6, 2018, by a vote of 83-11.^[1] She received commission on June 12, 2018.^[2] To read more about the federal nomination process,click here.

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Annemarie Carney Axon
Court:United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Progress
Confirmed 322 days after nomination.
ANominated: July 19, 2017
AABA Rating:Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified
Questionnaire:Questionnaire
AHearing: September 20, 2017
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: October 19, 2017
AConfirmed: June 6, 2018
AVote: 83-11

Confirmation vote

The U.S. Senate confirmed Axon on June 6, 2018, on a vote of 83-11.^[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website,click here.

Annemarie Carney Axon confirmation vote (June 6, 2018)
Party	Yea	Nay	No vote
Democratic	32	10	5
Republican	50	0	1
Independent	1	1	0
Total	83	11	6

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Axon had her hearing before theSenate Judiciary Committee on January 18, 2018. The committee voted to advance Axon's nomination to the full Senate on January 18, 2018.^[1]

Nomination

Axon was nominated to replace JudgeSharon Blackburn, who assumedsenior status on May 8, 2015.

TheAmerican Bar Association rated Axonqualified by a substantial majority andnot qualified by a minority for the position.^[4] To read more about ABA ratings,click here.

Education

Axon earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama in 1995. She earned herJ.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1999. During a period of her legal studies, she served as the lead articles editor for theLaw and Psychology Review.^[2]

Professional career

• 2018-present: Judge,United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
• 2006-2018: Attorney, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, and Brandt LLC. (Birmingham, Ala.)
• 2005-2007: Assistant vice president, AmSouth Bank, N.A. (Birmingham, Ala.)
• 2000-2004: Attorney, Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge (Providence, R.I.)
• 1999-2000: Law clerk to JudgeInge Johnson on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama^[5][2]

About the court

Northern District of Alabama
Eleventh Circuit
Judgeships
Posts: 8
Judges: 8
Vacancies: 0
Judges
Chief:David Proctor
Active judges: Annemarie C. Axon,Liles Burke,Madeline Haikala,Edmund G. LaCour, Jr.,Anna Manasco,Corey Maze,Harold Mooty,David Proctor Senior judges: Sharon Blackburn,Karon Bowdre,Virginia Hopkins,Inge Johnson,Charles Smith

TheUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is one of 94United States district courts. The district operates out of courthouses inAnniston,Birmingham,Decatur,Florence,Gadsden,Huntsville, andTuscaloosa, Alabama. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit based in downtownAtlanta at the Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse.

The Northern District of Alabama hasoriginal jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.

There are seven court divisions, each covering the following counties:

The Eastern Division, coveringCalhoun,Clay,Cleburne, andTalladega counties

The Jasper Division, coveringFayette,Lamar,Marion,Walker, andWinston counties.

The Middle Division, coveringCherokee,Etowah,DeKalb,Marshall, andSt. Clair counties.

The Northeastern Division, coveringCullman,Jackson,Lawrence,Limestone,Madison, andMorgan counties.

The Northwestern Division, coveringColbert,Franklin, andLauderdale counties.

The Southern Division, coveringBlount,Jefferson, andShelby counties.

The Western Division, coveringBibb,Greene,Pickens,Sumter, andTuscaloosa counties.

To read opinions published by this court, clickhere.

The federal nomination process

Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:

• The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
• The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by theSenate Judiciary Committee.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.

• As part of this process, the committee sends ablue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.

• After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.

• If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
• If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.

• The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.

• If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
• If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.

See also

• United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• Axon's biography from Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff, and Brandt LLC

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated to Article III courts byDonald Trump
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v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: David Proctor  •  Liles Burke  •  Madeline Haikala  •  Annemarie Carney Axon  •  Corey Maze  •  Anna Manasco  •  Edmund LaCour  •  Harold Mooty
Senior judges	Sharon Blackburn  •  Charles Smith (Alabama)  •  Inge Johnson  •  Karon Bowdre  •  Virginia Hopkins  •
Magistrate judges	John H. England  •  Staci G. Cornelius  •  Gray M. Borden  •  Herman Johnson  •  Nicholas Danella  •
Former Article III judges	James Hancock  •  Robert Propst  •  William Acker  •  U. W. Clemon  •  Scott Coogler  •  William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Oscar Richard Hundley  •  Thomas Goode Jones (Alabama)  •  William Irwin Grubb  •  Henry De Lamar Clayton  •  Charles Brents Kennamer  •  David Jackson Davis (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama judge)  •  Thomas Murphree  •  Clarence Allgood  •  Harlan Grooms  •  Elbert Haltom  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Edwin Nelson  •  Sam Pointer  •  Frank Hampton McFadden  •  Abdul Kallon  •  Dean Buttram Jr.  •
Former Chief judges	U. W. Clemon  •  Karon Bowdre  •  Scott Coogler  •  Seybourn Lynne  •  Frank McFadden  •  Clarence Mullins  •  Sam Pointer  •