Draft:Danna Jackson

Danna R. Jackson is an American lawyer who is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.

Education
Jackson earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Montana in 1993 and a Juris Doctor from the Alexander Blewett III School of Law in 1996.

Career
From 2000 to 2002, Jackson served as a staff attorney at the National Indian Gaming Commission; from 2002 to 2005, she served as a legislative assistant in the United States Senate for Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota ; from 2005 to 2010, Jackson worked as a counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. From 2010 to 2016, she was an assistant U.S. attorney and Tribal Liaison in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana. From 2016 to 2021, Jackson served as chief legal counsel at the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in Helena. From 2021 to 2023, she served at the U.S. Department of the Interior as senior counselor to the director of the Bureau of Land Management and then as senior counselor to the assistant secretary for water and science. Since 2023, she has served as a tribal attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Pablo, Montana.

Nomination to district court
On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jackson to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Jackson to the seat being vacated by Judge Dana L. Christensen, who announced his intent to assume senior status upon confirmation of a successor. On May 23, 2024, Senator Steve Daines announced his intention to withhold his blue slip for Jackson's nomination, saying he hadn't been adequately consulted by the White House about the nomination. Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.