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| Patricia Millett | |
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| Name | Patricia Millett |
| Office | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Appointer | Barack Obama |
| Term start | December 10, 2013 |
| Predecessor | Thomas B. Griffith |
| Birth date | 1963 |
| Birth place | Connecticut |
| Alma mater | Trinity College (Connecticut), Harvard Law School |
Patricia Millett is an American jurist who serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She previously practiced appellate law in private practice and served as a principal deputy solicitor general in the United States Department of Justice. Millett has been influential in administrative law, separation of powers, and federal regulatory jurisprudence.
Millett was born in Connecticut and attended Trinity College (Connecticut), where she studied Harvard Law School-bound disciplines and graduated before enrolling at Harvard Law School. At Harvard Law School she served on publications and participated in clinics that connected her to figures from Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the American Bar Association. During law school she engaged with visiting scholars from Georgetown University Law Center, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, and externships linked to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Millett clerked for judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, building ties to jurists from Thurgood Marshall Academy-adjacent networks and to practitioners at firms associated with Covington & Burling, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and WilmerHale. She joined private practice in Washington, D.C., at firms that litigated before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Millett represented clients in cases raising issues under statutes such as the Administrative Procedure Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Clean Air Act, appearing alongside counsel linked to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Latham & Watkins, and Kirkland & Ellis. She later joined the United States Department of Justice as an appellate advocate, serving in the Office of the Solicitor General and coordinating appeals with the United States Solicitor General's office, interacting with officers from the United States Senate Judiciary Committee and litigators from Public Citizen and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Millett was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by Barack Obama. Her confirmation process involved hearings before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee and floor proceedings in the United States Senate with participation from senators representing Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Maryland. The confirmation drew commentary from commentators at outlets linked to the Federalist Society, the American Constitution Society, and advocacy groups including ACLU and Chamber of Commerce. Upon confirmation, she joined a circuit that hears appeals from federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On the D.C. Circuit, Millett has authored opinions addressing administrative law matters involving the Administrative Procedure Act, separation of powers clashes related to the Appointments Clause and cases concerning the NONDELEGATION Doctrine and the Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. framework. Her opinions have engaged precedent from the Supreme Court of the United States including citations to decisions by Justices from the Marshall Court era and the Roberts Court. She has written on statutory interpretation invoking methodologies discussed by scholars at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School. Millett's jurisprudence often addresses challenges to rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Labor, and she has authored decisions shaping administrative review alongside colleagues from the D.C. Circuit like judges once clerking for Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and John Paul Stevens.
Millett has been associated with professional organizations such as the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and has spoken at conferences hosted by the National Association of Attorneys General and the Federalist Society. Her appellate advocacy was recognized by awards from entities including the National Law Journal, the American Lawyer, and bar associations in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. She has contributed to symposia at Georgetown University Law Center, Columbia Law School, and Stanford Law School and been cited in law reviews from Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and the Columbia Law Review.
Millett resides in the Washington metropolitan area and has been noted for mentoring clerks who later joined chambers across the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Courts of Appeals. Her legacy includes influence on administrative jurisprudence in decisions that interact with statutory regimes like the Clean Air Act and Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and engagement with institutional debates involving the United States Senate and the Office of the Solicitor General. Her career intersects with developments at institutions such as the White House, the United States Department of Justice, and academic centers at Harvard University and Georgetown University.
Category:Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Category:Harvard Law School alumni