District Judge Jennifer L. Hall was appointed to the District of Delaware by President Joseph Biden in 2024. She was nominated on July 11, 2023, confirmed by the Senate on October 17, 2023, and received her commission on January 4, 2024. She filled the seat vacated by Richard G. Andrews.
Before her elevation to district judge, Judge Hall served as a Magistrate Judge in the District of Delaware from 2019 to 2024, and previously as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware from 2011 to 2019. She brings extensive federal judicial and prosecutorial experience to the bench, having also clerked on two federal circuit courts of appeals.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2006
- Yale University, Ph.D., 2003
- Yale University, M.Phil., 2000
- University of Minnesota, B.S., 1997
Career
- Law clerk to Hon. Sharon Prost, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2006–2007)
- Law clerk to Hon. Kent A. Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2007–2008)
- Private practice, Wilmington, DE (2008–2011)
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Delaware (2011–2019)
- Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (2019–2024)