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Grant Colton Jaquith is an American lawyer from New York who serves as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York. He is a nominee to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Education
Jaquith earned his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Presbyterian College and his Juris Doctor from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law.
Legal career
Jaquith served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office 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. From 1982 to 2011, Jaquith also served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army in several roles, including 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.
Nomination to court of appeals
On August 28, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Jaquith to serve as a Judge for 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 to be vacated by Judge Robert N. Davis, when his term expires on December 4, 2019. On November 6, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. On January 29, 2020, his nomination was reported favorably out of committee and is now pending before the full United States Senate.