First Biden Judge With Disclosed Disability to Join Trial Court

Seattle trial lawyer Jamal Whitehead, the first Biden judicial nominee with a disclosed disability, was confirmed on Tuesday with bipartisan support to a seat on the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Whitehead, who uses a prosthetic leg, will be one of only a handful of the 870 life-tenured federal judges open about living with a disability. A quarter of US adults have a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Adding more judges with disabilities and promoting disclosure would help courts become more reflective of the US population and add an important perspective ...