Claria Horn Boom


Claria Horn Boom is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Education and career

Boom earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Transylvania University and her Juris Doctor from the Vanderbilt University Law School. She clerked for Judge Pierce Lively of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Early in her career she was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and before that, practiced at King & Spalding in Atlanta, Georgia. Before becoming a judge, she practiced as a partner at Frost Brown Todd in the Lexington office.

Federal judicial service

On June 7, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Boom to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, to the joint seat vacated by Judge Jennifer B. Coffman. On June 12, 2017, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate. Boom received a "qualified" rating from the American Bar Association. A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee took place on November 15, 2017. On December 7, 2017, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On April 9, 2018, the U.S. Senate voted to invoke cloture on her nomination by a vote of 96–2. Her nomination was confirmed on April 10, 2018 by a vote of 96–1. She received her commission on April 11, 2018. She maintains chambers in London, Kentucky for the Eastern District and Louisville, Kentucky for the Western District.

Personal life

Boom grew up in the Martin County, Kentucky, where her mother served as clerk of the court. In 2013, she married Denny Boom, who is the president of a Lexington construction company.