Loren AliKhan
Loren Linn AliKhan (born June 24, 1983) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals since 2022. She previously served as the solicitor general of the District of Columbia from 2018 to 2022. In May 2023, she was nominated to become a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Early life and education 

AliKhan is the daughter of immigrants from Pakistan. AliKhan received her Bachelor of Arts from Bard College at Simon's Rock in 2003 and her Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2006. Legal career 
After graduating from law school, AliKhan clerked for Judges Louis H. Pollak of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2007 and for Thomas L. Ambro of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2007 to 2008. She was then a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States before joining the Washington, D.C. office of O'Melveny & Myers. In 2013, AliKhan joined the Office of the District of Columbia Attorney General as a Deputy Solicitor General. In that role, she represented the District of Columbia's interests in appellate litigation before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Supreme Court of the United States, and other appellate tribunals. On March 1, 2018, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine appointed AliKhan as the District's second solicitor general, succeeding Todd Kim. Judicial career

D.C. court of appeals service 

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated AliKhan to serve as an associate judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. President Biden nominated AliKhan to the seat vacated by Judge John R. Fisher, who retired on August 22, 2020. On December 2, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Her nomination was reported to the full Senate on December 15, 2021. On February 2, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 55–40 vote. On February 8, 2022, the Senate confirmed her nomination by a 55–41 vote. She was sworn in by Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby on February 18, 2022. Nomination to U.S. district court 
On May 3, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate AliKhan to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. On May 4, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated AliKhan to the seat vacated by Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who assumed senior status on May 1, 2023. On June 7, 2023, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. During her confirmation hearing, she was repeatedly questioned by Senator John Kennedy over her refusal to give her stance on affirmative action, abortion rights, and other issues. On July 13, 2023, her nomination was reported out of the committee by an 11–10 vote. Her nomination is pending before the United States Senate. If confirmed, she would be the first female South Asian federal judge to serve on the District of Columbia District Court. References

1983 births
Living people
21st-century American judges
21st-century American women judges
21st-century American lawyers
21st-century American women lawyers
American people of Pakistani descent
Bard College alumni
Georgetown University Law Center alumni
Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
People associated with O'Melveny & Myers
People from Baltimore County, Maryland
Solicitors General of the District of Columbia