Cornelia Pillard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cornelia Pillard

United States Circuit Judge

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1961

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard (born March 4, 1961) known as Nina Pillard, is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Before becoming a judge, Pillard was a tenured law professor at Georgetown University. She served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Assistant to the United States Solicitor General.
At the time of her confirmation to the federal bench, she was among the most accomplished Supreme Court advocates in the United States, having argued nine cases and briefed more than twenty-five before the Court. Pillard's nomination to the D.C.
Circuit, along with the nominations of Robert L.
Wilkins and Patricia Ann Millett, ultimately became central to the debate over the use of the filibuster in the United States Senate, leading to the controversial use of the nuclear option to bring it to the floor for a vote.
She was narrowly confirmed by a vote of 51-44, with her detractors labeling her as one of the most liberal nominees to the federal bench in decades.