Matthew Hillel Solomson (born 1974)United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Matthew Hillel Solomson
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Education

Solomson received his

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, ''cum laude'', from

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, a

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from the

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at the

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, and his

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from the

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, where he was inducted into the

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Legal career

After graduating from law school, Solomson served as a law clerk to Judge

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. Solomson worked as associate general counsel at

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, in private practice at various Washington, D.C., law firms, including

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, and

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, and as a trial attorney in the commercial litigation branch of the

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. From 2015 to 2020, he served as the chief legal officer for the federal government solutions business unit of Anthem, Inc. He is the author of ''Court of Federal Claims: Jurisdiction, Practice, and Procedure,'' published in 2016 by Bloomberg BNA.

Federal judicial service

On March 1, 2019, President

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announced his intent to nominate Solomson to a seat on the

. On March 5, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Solomson to the seat vacated by Judge

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, who retired on October 22, 2013. On April 30, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On June 13, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–3 vote. On January 8, 2020, the

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invoked

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on his nomination by a 88–7 vote. His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 89–8 vote. He received his judicial commission on February 3, 2020. He was sworn in on February 4, 2020.

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