Eleanor Louise Ross

Judge Eleanor Louise Ross

Personal

Birthday:

1967

Birthplace:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Assistant district attorney, Tarrant County, Texas, 1994-1996
Assistant solicitor-general, DeKalb County, Georgia, 1997-1998
Senior assistant district attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, 1998-2002
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 2002-2005
Executive assistant district attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, 2007-2011
Judge, DeKalb County [Georgia] State Court, 2011-2014

Given name at birth: Eleanor Louise Barnwell

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, December 19, 2013; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

American University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1989

Name of School - Second:

University of Houston Law Center

UH Law Center boasts a number of programs that span the panoply of legal issues- health law, intellectual property & information law, consumer law, energy & environmental law, criminal justice. Two of our institutes, which oversee the UH Law Center programs, are considered among the best in the country: Health Law & Policy Institute and Intellectual Property & Information Law.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1994

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Court Name:

Georgia Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

11/20/2014