Candace Jackson-Akiwumi | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Joel Flaum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Candace Rae Jackson 1979 (age 45–46) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Relatives | Raymond Alvin Jackson (father) |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi (born 1979)[1] is an American attorney who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since July 2021. She was previously a staff attorney at the federal defender program in the Northern District of Illinois from 2010 to 2020 and a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, D.C., from 2020 to 2021.