Identity

About Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali

Titles and dates come from the District of Columbia court bio, the Federal Judicial Center, Congress.gov PN1402, and the Senate roll-call. Emphasis is the compiler’s. Identity confidence: high. The official D.C. district-court portrait is used on this identity page and as the homepage lead.

Amir H. Ali, U.S. District Court official portrait — Amir H. Ali. United States District Court for the District of Columbia official portrait. U.S. government work. Wikimedia Commons File:United_States_District_Court_Judge_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Amir_Ali.jpg.

Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali — also Amir H. Ali — is a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia. The Federal Judicial Center, the court’s official biography, and Senate nomination PN1402 identify the same person. This page is identity only. The episodes live in the posts. This is not a tribute and not the biography the court would write for a ceremonial program.

Documented roles

Identity. Born 1985, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. FJC. QFR: United States citizenship 2019–present; Canadian citizenship 1985–present. QFR PDF.
Training. University of Waterloo, B.S.E., 2008; Harvard Law School, J.D., 2011 (DCD: magna cum laude). Clerk, Judge Raymond C. Fisher, Ninth Circuit, 2011–2012; clerk, Justice Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court of Canada, 2012–2013. FJC; DCD bio.
2013–2017. Private practice, Washington, D.C.; DCD names Jenner & Block LLP.
2017–2024. Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center. FJC titles through president and executive director, 2023–2024. Organization page: stepped down August 5, 2024. DCD: opened the Washington office in 2017.
Teaching. Georgetown adjunct, 2018; Harvard lecturer and clinical co-director, 2018–; UDC adjunct, 2023–. FJC.
February 1, 2024. Nominated by Joseph R. Biden, PN1402, 118th Congress, vice Beryl Alaine Howell. Announced January 10, 2024. Congress.gov.
February 8 / March 7, 2024. Judiciary hearing; reported 11–10.
November 20, 2024. Cloture 50–48 (vote 290); confirmed 50–49 (vote 291). Senate vote 291.
Commission. FJC: November 22, 2024. DCD bio: appointed December 2, 2024. Both recorded.

What this site is not

It is not a finding that Judge Ali committed a crime. Articles of impeachment are a House filing, not a conviction. H.Res. 174 is INTRODUCED and referred to Judiciary. This file will not write “IMPEACHED.” A temporary restraining order is a short-term freeze, not a Supreme Court holding. A dissent is a dissent. A columnist’s adjective is commentary.

It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.