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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Elizabeth L. Branch
| image = Branch-Public-Court-Photo (cropped).jpg
| office = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]]
| appointer = [[List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump|Donald Trump]]
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| successor1 = [[Elizabeth Gobeil]]
| birth_name = Elizabeth Lee Branch
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|03|30}}<ref name="MHLD">{{cite book |last=Hubbell |first=Martindale |date=April 2000 |title=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho (Volume 7 - 2000) |publisher=[[Martindale-Hubbell]] |isbn=9781561603763 }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S.<ref name="MHLD" />
| death_date =
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''' Elizabeth Lee "Lisa" Branch'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Hon. Elizabeth Lee Branch|url=https://www.gabar.org/MemberSearchDetail.cfm?ID=MDc2MDMw|publisher=State Bar of Georgia|access-date=December 8, 2017}}</ref> (born March 30, 1968) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a [[United States federal judge|United StatesU.S. circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]]. She iswas formerly a former judge of the [[Georgia Court of Appeals]] from 2012 to 2018.
 
== Early life and education ==
== Biography ==
Branch was born in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], inon March 30, 1968, and was raised in [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]].<ref name="MHLD">{{cite webbook |urllast=http://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname |first=Elizabeth+L.+Branch |title=CourtMartindale-Hubbell ofLaw Appeals ofDirectory: Georgia:, ElizabethHawaii, L.Idaho Branch, Judge|website=www.gaappeals.us|access-date=FebruaryApril 25,2000 2018|archivepublisher=[[Martindale-date=FebruaryHubbell]] 26, 2018|archive-urlisbn=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211635/http://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=Elizabeth+L.+Branch9781561603763 |url-statusvolume=dead7}}</ref> She attended the [[The Westminster Schools|Westminster Schools]] before [[matriculating]] at [[Davidson College]], where she obtained her [[Bachelor of Arts]] (B.A.), ''[[cum laude]]'', in 1990''.'' Branch then enrolled at [[Emory University School of Law]]; as a law student, she served as the notes and comments editor of the ''[[Emory Law Journal]]'' and was raisedawarded the university's Charles E. Watkins Jr. scholarship. She graduated with distinction with a [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) in 1994 and membership in the [[FultonOrder County,of Georgia|Fultonthe CountyCoif]].<ref name="GACAppeals">{{cite web |url=http://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=Elizabeth%20L.%20Branch |title=Elizabeth L. Branch |website=[[Georgia Court of Appeals]] |access-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707051055/http://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=Elizabeth%20L.%20Branch |url-status=dead }}</ref> She earned her [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Davidson College]], ''cum laude'', and her [[Juris Doctor]], with distinction, from the [[Emory University School of Law]], where she was inducted into the [[Order of the Coif]] and served as a notes and comments editor of the ''[[Emory Law Journal]]''.
 
After law school, Branch served as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[J. Owen Forrester]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia]] from 1994 to 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon. Elizabeth L. Branch |url=https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/judges/hon-elizabeth-l-branch |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=[[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]]}}</ref>
She began her legal career by serving for two years as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[J. Owen Forrester]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia]]. From 2004 to 2008, Branch served as a senior official in the administration of President [[George W. Bush]]. During this period, she served for three years as the Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U. S. [[Office of Management and Budget]], and for one year as the Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation at the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]. Prior to ascending to the bench, Branch was a partner in the commercial litigation practice group at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in Atlanta, where she began her legal career in 1996.▼
 
== Career ==
Branch was in private practice in Atlanta from 1996 to 2004, then again from 2008 until 2012.<ref name=":0" /> She practiced law at the law firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=AFJ Nominee Report: Elizabeth L. Branch |url=https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AFJ-Report-Lisa-Branch.pdf |access-date=December 25, 2023 |website=[[Alliance for Justice]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2012 |title=SGR Partner Elizabeth "Lisa" Branch Appointed to Georgia Court of Appeals |url=https://www.sgrlaw.com/press-releases/2012/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Smith, Gambrell & Russell |language=en-US}}</ref> There, she was a partner in the [[commercial litigation]] practice group.
 
▲She began her legal career by serving for two years as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[J. Owen Forrester]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia]]. From 2004 to 2008, Branch served as a senior official in the administration of President [[George W. Bush]]. During this period, she served for three years as the Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U. S. [[Office of Management and Budget]], and for one year as the Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation at the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]. Prior to ascending to the bench, Branch was a partner in the commercial litigation practice group at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in Atlanta, where she began her legal career in 1996.
 
She served as a judge of the [[Georgia Court of Appeals]] from 2012, when she was appointed by [[Governor of Georgia]] [[Nathan Deal]] to succeed Charles Mikell, to 2018 when she was appointed to the federal bench.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2012-07-25/deal-names-two-georgia-court-appeals |title=Deal names two to Georgia Court of Appeals &#124; Governor Nathan Deal Office of the Governor |website=gov.georgia.gov |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218035842/http://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2012-07-25/deal-names-two-georgia-court-appeals |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="whitehouse">{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/07/president-donald-j-trump-announces-seventh-wave-judicial-candidates|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventh Wave of Judicial Candidates|date=September 7, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=September 7, 2017}}</ref>
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On September 7, 2017, President [[Donald Trump]] nominated Branch to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, to the seat soon vacated by Judge [[Frank M. Hull]], who would assume [[senior status]] on December 31, 2017.<ref name="whitehouse2">{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/07/eight-nominations-sent-senate-today|title=Eight Nominations Sent to the Senate Today|date=September 7, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=September 9, 2017}}</ref> On December 13, 2017, a hearing on her nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/12/13/2017/nominations|title=Nominations &#124; United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|website=www.judiciary.senate.gov|date=December 13, 2017 }}</ref>
 
On January 3, 2018, her nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2018/1/3/daily-digest|title=Congressional Record|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> On January 5, 2018, Trump announced his intent to renominate Branch to a federal judgeship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-renomination-21-judicial-nominees/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees}}</ref> On January 8, 2018, her renomination was sent to the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/nominations-sent-senate-today-2/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate Today}}</ref> On January 18, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2001-18-181.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee}}</ref> On February 26, 2018, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 72–22 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00037|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> The next day, her nomination was confirmed by a 73–23 vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00038|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)|date=February 27, 2018|work=United States Senate|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> She received her commission on March 19, 2018.<ref name=":0">{{FJC Bio|nid=4237586|inline=yes}}</ref>
 
On September 29, 2022, [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] [[James C. Ho]] delivered a speech at a Federalist Society conference in Kentucky and said he would no longer hire law clerks from [[Yale Law School]], which he said was plagued by "[[cancel culture]]" and students disrupting conservative speakers. Ho said Yale "not only tolerates the cancellation of views — it actively practices it.", and he urged other judges to likewise boycott the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-appointed-judge-boycotts-yale-law-clerks-over-cancel-culture-2022-09-29/|title=Trump-appointed judge boycotts Yale for law clerks over 'cancel culture'|newspaper=Reuters|date=September 30, 2022|last1=Raymond|first1=Nate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-appointed-judge-yale-clerk-boycott-condemns-cancel-culture-harvard-event-2023-01-11/|title=Trump-appointed judge in Yale clerk boycott condemns 'cancel culture' at Harvard event|newspaper=Reuters|date=January 10, 2023|last1=Raymond|first1=Nate}}</ref> Judge Branch confirmed her participation in the Yale boycott in a statement to National Review. Branch told the National Review that Ho raised "legitimate concerns about the lack of free speech on law school campuses, Yale in particular," and that she would not consider students from Yale for clerkships in the future.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/2nd-trump-appointed-judge-publicly-says-she-will-not-hire-yale-clerks-2022-10-07/|title=2nd Trump-appointed judge publicly says she will not hire Yale clerks|newspaper=Reuters|date=October 7, 2022|last1=Raymond|first1=Nate}}</ref> In early April of 2023, Judge Branch and Judge Ho extended this boycott to Stanford Law School after Fifth Circuit Judge [[Kyle Duncan (judge)|Kyle Duncan]] was shouted down during a lecture at the school on March 9, 2023. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/conservative-judges-extend-clerk-boycott-stanford-after-disrupted-speech-2023-04-03/|title=Conservative judges extend clerk boycott to Stanford after disrupted speech|newspaper=Reuters|date=April 3, 2023|last1=Goudsward|first1=Andrew}}</ref>
 
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== Electoral history ==
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