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title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />March 2, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Joe_Biden" title="List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eleni_M._Roumel" title="Eleni M. Roumel">Eleni M. Roumel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Federal_Claims" title="United States Court of Federal Claims">United States Court of Federal Claims</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />November 6, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christine_Odell_Cook_Miller" title="Christine Odell Cook Miller">Christine Odell Cook Miller</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-12-18</span>) </span>December 18, 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 68)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, New York, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Binghamton_University" title="Binghamton University">Binghamton University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University_Law_Center" title="Georgetown University Law Center">Georgetown University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elaine Debra Kaplan</b> (born December 18, 1955) is the <a href="/wiki/Federal_tribunals_in_the_United_States#Article_I_tribunals" title="Federal tribunals in the United States">chief judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Federal_Claims" title="United States Court of Federal Claims">United States Court of Federal Claims</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She served as General Counsel of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Personnel_Management" title="United States Office of Personnel Management">United States Office of Personnel Management</a> from 2009 to 2013, and as acting director of the office in 2013. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elaine_D._Kaplan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaplan was born in 1955 in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn, New York">Brooklyn, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in 1976 from <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_University" title="Binghamton University">Binghamton University</a>. She received a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Cum laude">cum laude</a></i>, in 1979, from the <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University_Law_Center" title="Georgetown University Law Center">Georgetown University Law Center</a>. </p><p>She began her career as a staff attorney in the Solicitor's Office of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">United States Department of Labor</a>. From 1984–98, she worked for the <a href="/wiki/National_Treasury_Employees_Union" title="National Treasury Employees Union">National Treasury Employees Union</a> (NTEU), with increasing levels of responsibility. In 1998, she was unanimously confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> to serve as the head of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Special_Counsel" title="United States Office of Special Counsel">United States Office of Special Counsel</a> and served five years in that position.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2003 to 2004, she served as of counsel at the law firm of Bernabei and Katz. From 2004–09, she served as Senior Deputy General Counsel at the NTEU. From 2009–13, she was the General Counsel of the United States Office of Personnel Management.<sup id="cite_ref-whitehouse1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitehouse1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaplan took the office of Acting Director in April 2013, after Director <a href="/wiki/John_Berry_(administrator)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Berry (administrator)">John Berry</a>'s four-year term expired.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Claims_court_service">Claims court service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elaine_D._Kaplan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Claims court service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 19, 2013, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominated Kaplan to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, to the seat vacated by Judge <a href="/wiki/Christine_Odell_Cook_Miller" title="Christine Odell Cook Miller">Christine Odell Cook Miller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-whitehouse1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitehouse1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary">Senate Judiciary Committee</a> held a hearing on her nomination on May 8, 2013, and reported her nomination to the floor by <a href="/wiki/Voice_vote" title="Voice vote">voice vote</a> on June 6, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her nomination was confirmed on September 17, 2013 by a 64–35 vote.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She took the oath of office from Chief Judge <a href="/wiki/Patricia_E._Campbell-Smith" title="Patricia E. Campbell-Smith">Patricia E. Campbell-Smith</a> on November 6, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 2, 2021, President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> designated Kaplan as Chief Judge.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elaine_D._Kaplan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaplan is open about her <a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">lesbian</a> identity.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elaine_D._Kaplan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_jurists_in_the_United_States" title="List of LGBT jurists in the United States">List of LGBT jurists in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elaine_D._Kaplan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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