Who appointed Julianna Michelle Childs?

President Joseph R. Biden appointed Julianna Michelle Childs to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2022.

Was Julianna Michelle Childs appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Julianna Michelle Childs was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Julianna Michelle Childs's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Julianna Michelle Childs 64–34 on July 19, 2022.

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Julianna Michelle Childs

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Appointed by President Joseph R. Biden in 2022 and confirmed by the Senate 64–34, Julianna Michelle Childs is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She earned a law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1966 · age 60
Appointed by: Joseph R. Biden, 2022
Confirmed: 64–34
Education: University of South Florida 1988 · University of South Carolina Law 1991
Succeeded: David S. Tatel

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	District of South Carolina succeeded George Ross Anderson Jr.	Obama (D)	Voice vote
2022	District of Columbia Circuit succeeded David S. Tatel	Biden (D)	64–34

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 64–34 on July 19, 2022 · 117th Congress, Roll Call 260. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 64

47 D, 15 R, 2 I

Voted against · 34

34 R

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 R

John Kennedy(R-LA)
Patrick Leahy(D-VT)

Education

University of South Florida	B.S.	1988
University of South Carolina School of Law	J.D.	1991
University of South Carolina School of Business	M.A.	1991

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Childs was assigned 2,181 district-court cases (2003–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 226 days across 2,180 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas16%

Personal-injury torts15%

Labor & ERISA14%

Other civil matters13%

Contract12%

Civil rights10%

Other20%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 270 of Childs’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 244 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 9 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Childs authored 3 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: 1500 Range Way Partners, LLC v. Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Ass'n (3 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	1500 Range Way Partners, LLC v. Jpmorgan Chase Bank, National Ass'n	800 F. Supp. 2d 716	3
2011	Stern v. Shelley	781 F. Supp. 2d 281	3
2011	Barker v. Retirement Plan of International Paper Co.	804 F. Supp. 2d 501	0

Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Julianna Michelle Childs?: President Joseph R. Biden appointed Julianna Michelle Childs to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2022.
Was Julianna Michelle Childs appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Julianna Michelle Childs was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Julianna Michelle Childs's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Julianna Michelle Childs 64–34 on July 19, 2022.
Which court is Julianna Michelle Childs on?: Julianna Michelle Childs is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Sources

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4 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).