Politics
Trump Finally Has an LGBT Judicial Nominee
Mary Rowland would be the president's first out judicial nominee.
June 11 2018 12:52 PM EST
March 12 2019 10:28 PM EST
Donald Trump announced Thursday that he's nominating Mary Rowland to be a federal judge, making it his first LGBT court pick since taking office. If confirmed, Rowland will be a judge for the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She previously spent 12 years as a partner at a Chicago law firm, and 10 years in the federal defender's office in Chicago. Out of Trump's nearly 140 district and circuit court nominees to date, she is the only one who is openly gay or lesbian.