Claire Eagan New Chair of Judicial Conference’s Executive Arm

Judge Claire V. Eagan of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma is the new chair of the Judicial Conference’s executive arm, taking the reins from Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. tapped Eagan for the post, which took effect Feb. 12 as Garland ended his term as chief judge of the D.C. Circuit.

Eagan was chief judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 2005-12, and she served as a judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2013-19.

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