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Biography
Eleni Maria Roumel (born 1974) is a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Education
Roumel earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Wake Forest University, her Masters of Business Administration from the Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business and her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Tulane University Law School, where she served as Notes & Comments Editor for the Tulane Law Review.
Legal career
Before joining the United States House of Representatives in its Office of General Counsel, Roumel was a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, and previously practiced at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. She also taught intellectual property law as an adjunct professor the Charleston School of Law. Roumel served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pauley III of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Public service
Roumel previously served as Assistant General Counsel to the United States House of Representatives, and has been honored for her service to the House. From 2018–2020, she served as Deputy Counsel to the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence.
Federal judicial service
On June 11, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Roumel to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. On June 24, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Roumel to the seat vacated by Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams, who took senior status on July 13, 2018. On July 17, 2019, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On October 17, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On January 8, 2020, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a vote of 51–44, and later that day, the Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 51–47. She received her judicial commission on February 24, 2020.
Memberships
Roumel has been a member of the Federalist Society since approximately 2013. She was also a member of the James L. Petigru American Inn of Court and a Congressional Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Roumel is a member of the Greek Orthodox church.