Kymberly Evanson

Kymberly Kathryn Evanson (née Kymberly Kathryn Evans; born 1977)[1] is an American lawyer who is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Kymberly Evanson
Personal details
Born
Kymberly Kathryn Evans

1977 (age 45–46)
Longview, Washington, U.S.
EducationSeattle University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Education

Evanson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Seattle University in 1999 and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2007.[2]

Career

From 2002 to 2004, Evanson worked as a program coordinator for the Access to Justice Institute at Seattle University School of Law. In 2005, she was a law clerk at Cashdan & Kane LLP in Washington, D.C. In 2006, she was an intern in the United States Department of Justice Civil Division. In 2007 and 2008, she served as a law clerk for Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. From 2009 to 2011, she was an associate at K&L Gates in Seattle. She joined the Seattle law firm Pacifica Law Group in 2011 and has since worked as a partner at the firm.[3]

In 2017, Evanson represented the ACLU of Washington in a suit against the Trump administration's foreign travel ban (Trump travel ban) in Washington v. Trump.[4]

Nomination to district court

On July 13, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Evanson to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. President Biden nominated Evanson to the seat vacated by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez, who assumed senior status on September 5, 2022.[5] On November 15, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On December 8, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[7] On January 3, 2023, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. She was renominated on January 23, 2023.[8] On February 9, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.[9] Her nomination is pending before the United States Senate.

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 15, 2022.
  2. "Seattle University Magazine: Spring 2015 by Seattle University". Issuu. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. "President Biden Names Twenty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 13, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  4. "Washington v. Trump, CASE NO. C17-0141JLR | Casetext Search + Citator".
  5. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 13, 2022.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 15, 2022.
  7. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 8, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 23, 2023.
  9. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.



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