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Amy Coney Barrett became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 2020. She was the fifth woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

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Also Known As	Amy Vivian Coney Barrett • Amy Coney • Amy Vivian Coney
Born	January 28, 1972 (age 53) • New Orleans • Louisiana
Title / Office	Supreme Court of the United States (2020-), United States • supreme court (2020-), United States
Notable Family Members	daughter of Michael Coney • daughter of Linda Coney • married to Jesse Barrett (1999–present)
Education	Rhodes College (B.A., 1994) • Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1997) • St. Mary’s Dominican High School

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Barrett was on the short list for the 2018 Supreme Court nomination.
Barrett was designated by faculty members as the most outstanding graduate in her undergraduate college’s English department.