Claria Horn Boom
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Born 1969.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jun 12, 2017
- Senate vote
- 96 to 1
- Confirmed
- Apr 10, 2018
- Commissioned
- Apr 11, 2018
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jun 12, 2017
- Senate vote
- 96 to 1
- Confirmed
- Apr 10, 2018
- Commissioned
- Apr 11, 2018
Education
- B.A., Transylvania University, 1991
- J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 1994
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Pierce Lively, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1994-1995
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1995-1998
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1998-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky, 2002
- Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky, 2002-2005, 2006-2018
- Kentucky Equine Education Project, Lexington, Kentucky, 2004-2005
- executive director, 2004-2005
- director of strategy and research, 2005
- Member, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2022-2025
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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