Joshua Deahl

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Joshua Deahl

|image = Joshua Deahl.jpg

|office = Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

|president = Donald Trump

|term_start = January 6, 2020

|term_end =

|predecessor = Eric T. Washington

|successor =

|birth_name = Joshua Adam Deahl{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-116shrg38285/pdf/CHRG-116shrg38285.pdf |access-date=June 15, 2021 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs |page=33}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|2|13}}

|birth_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse = Jessica Deahlhttps://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/Prepared%20Statement-Deahl-2019-10-221.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

|children = 3

|education = Arizona State University (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)

}}

Joshua Adam Deahl (born February 13, 1981) is an American attorney who has served as an associate judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals since January 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/704 |title=PN704 — Joshua A. Deahl — The Judiciary |last=|first=|date=November 21, 2019|website=United States Congress|language=en|access-date=December 15, 2019}}{{Cite web|url= https://norton.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/norton-relieved-at-dc-confirmations-urges-senate-to-fill-vacancies |title=Norton Relieved at D.C. Confirmations, Urges Senate to Fill Vacancies |last=|first=|date=November 22, 2019|website=United States Congress|language=en|access-date=December 15, 2019}}

Education and career

Deahl earned his Bachelor of Arts from Arizona State University in 2003{{cite web

|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2020-01/DCCA_Bio_Deahl.pdf |title=The Honorable Joshua Deahl |website=District of Columbia Courts}} and his Juris Doctor from University of Michigan Law School in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Prepared%20Statement-Deahl-2019-10-221.pdf |title=Opening Statement of Joshua A. Deahl |last=|first=|date=October 22, 2019 |website=United States Senate|language=en|access-date=December 15, 2019}}

After graduating from law school, Deahl clerked for Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge Fortunato Benavides and Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/senators-advance-dc-judicial-picks-and-marshal-nominee/|title=Senators Advance DC Judicial Picks and Marshal Nominee|last=Rodgers|first=Jack|date=2019-10-22|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-16}} Deahl worked as an attorney for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and in private practice.

= District of Columbia Court of Appeals =

On June 29, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Deahl to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/seventeen-nominations-sent-senate-today-2/|title=Seventeen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today|language=en-US|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2019-12-16}} His nomination expired on January 4, 2019, with the end of the 115th United States Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/727|title=PN727 - Nomination of Joshua A. Deahl for The Judiciary, 115th Congress (2017-2018)|date=2019-01-04|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2019-12-16}}

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Trump renominated Deahl on May 2, 2019, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to the seat vacated by Eric T. Washington.{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/seven-nominations-sent-senate-2/ |title=Seven Nominations Sent to the Senate |last=|first=|date=May 2, 2019 |language=en|via=National Archives |work=whitehouse.gov |access-date=December 15, 2019}} On October 22, 2019, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/nominations-of-joshua-d-deahl-to-be-an-associate-judge-district-of-columbia-court-of-appeals-deborah-j-israel-and-andrea-l-hertzfeld-to-be-associate-judges-superior-court-of-the-district-of-columbia-and-robert-a-dixon-to-be-united-states-marshal-for-the-superior-court-of-the-district-of-columbia |title=Nominations of Joshua A. Deahl to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Deborah J. Israel and Andrea L. Hertzfeld to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and Robert A. Dixon to be United States Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia|last=|first=|date=October 22, 2019|website=United States Senate|language=en|access-date=December 10, 2019}} On November 6, 2019, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On November 21, 2019, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on January 6, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.dccourts.gov/press-releases/appellate-attorney-and-former-supreme-court-law-clerk-joshua-deahl-sworn-in-as-newest-dcca-judge|title=Appellate Attorney and Former Supreme Court Law Clerk Joshua Deahl sworn in as Newest DCCA Judge|website=District of Columbia Courts|language=en-us|access-date=2020-01-12}}