Britt Grant

Grant was born Elizabeth Britt Cagle^[1] in Atlanta, Georgia. Grant attended high school at The Westminster Schools. She studied English literature and politics at Wake Forest University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in 2000.^[2]

From 2000 to 2004, Grant worked for then-Congressman Nathan Deal in Washington, D.C., and served in various roles in the administration of President George W. Bush.^[2] She then attended Stanford Law School, where she was a managing editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law and a senior articles editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. Grant also served as president of the school's Federalist Society chapter. She graduated with a Juris Doctor with distinction in 2007.

Grant was a law clerk to then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2007 to 2008.^[3][4] From 2008 to 2012, Grant was in private practice at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis. From 2012 to 2014, she was an attorney for legal policy in the Office of the Georgia Attorney General.^[1]

From 2015 to 2017, Grant was Solicitor General for the State of Georgia.^[5] On January 1, 2017, Governor Nathan Deal appointed her to a seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia.^[3] On November 17, 2017, Grant was named by President Donald Trump as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.^[6] On August 3, 2018, her service on the state supreme court was terminated when she was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.^[7]

On April 10, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Grant to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.^[8] She was nominated to the seat vacated by the retirement of Judge Julie E. Carnes, who subsequently assumed senior status on June 18, 2018.^[9] On May 23, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[10] On July 19, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.^[11] On July 30, 2018, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–44 vote.^[12] On July 31, 2018, Grant was confirmed by a 52–46 vote.^[13] She received her judicial commission on August 3, 2018.^[7]

In November 2020, Grant wrote for the divided panel majority when it found that a municipality's ban on minor conversion therapy violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.^[14][15]

She is married to Justin G. Grant, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. They have three children.^[16]

2018

• Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates