Grant C. Jaquith

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| name = Grant C. Jaquith

| image = Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Judge.jpg

| office = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

| appointer = Donald Trump

| term_start = September 1, 2020

| term_end =

| predecessor = Robert N. Davis

| successor =

| office1 = United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York

| president1 = Donald Trump

| term_start1 = January 5, 2018

| term_end1 = September 2, 2020
{{small|Acting: July 1, 2017 – January 5, 2018}}

| predecessor1 = Richard S. Hartunian

| successor1 = Carla B. Freedman

| birth_name = Grant Colton Jaquith

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| education = Presbyterian College (BS)
Fredric G. Levin College of Law (JD)

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| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

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| unit = J.A.G. Corps

| serviceyears = 1982–2011

| rank = 20px Colonel

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Grant Colton Jaquith{{cite web | url=https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/profile/?num=350958 | title=Lawyer Directory – the Florida Bar }} is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of New York from 2018 to 2020.

Education

Jaquith earned his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Presbyterian College and his Juris Doctor from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-united-states-marshal-nominee-4/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee" White House, August 28, 2019] {{PD-notice}}

Legal career

Jaquith served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, including as First Assistant United States Attorney, Chief of the Criminal Division, Narcotics Chief, and Chief of the Albany Office. Jaquith attended The JAG School at the University of Virginia and entered U.S. Army JAG Corps. He served in the J.A.G. Corps from 1982 to 2011. He served as Staff Judge Advocate, Circuit Judge, and Chief of Military Law, rising to the rank of Colonel.

Before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Jaquith was in the litigation department of the law firm of Bond Schoeneck & King in Syracuse (1988–89) and a Judge Advocate on active duty in the U.S. Army (1982–88), where his work included administrative law, labor law, settlement of civil claims, legal assistance to soldiers, retirees, and their families, and criminal prosecutions. In 1984, he also taught Juvenile Law and Federal Income Taxation at Drury College. In 1982, he interned at the Public Defender's Office in Gainesville, Florida.{{Cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/meet-us-attorney |title=Meet the U.S. Attorney |date=January 29, 2015 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en |access-date=August 29, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829181243/https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/meet-us-attorney |url-status=dead }}

Federal judicial service

On August 28, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Jaquith to serve as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. On September 19, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Jaquith to the seat vacated by Judge Robert N. Davis when his term expired on December 4, 2019.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/eight-nominations-three-withdrawals-sent-senate/ "Eight Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 19, 2019] On November 6, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.{{Cite web |url=https://www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings/pending-nominations |title=United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, "Pending Nominations", November 6, 2019 |access-date=November 22, 2019 |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104190302/https://www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings/pending-nominations |url-status=dead }} On January 29, 2020, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee.[https://www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings/pending-legislation-and-nomination United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs "Pending Legislation and Nomination", January 29, 2020] On July 23, 2020, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He received his judicial commission on September 1, 2020.