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Aenlle-Rocha L.,Fernando
Central District of California, Nominated 10/17/19.
Fernando Aenlle-Rocha currently serves as a Judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court of California. Before taking the bench in 2017, Judge Aenlle-Rocha was a partner in the Los Angeles office of White & Case, where his practice focused on business litigation, white-collar defense, and business crimes investigation. Before joining White & Case, Judge Aenlle-Rocha was a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery and an associate at Stephan, Oringher, Richman & Theodora. Before entering private practice, He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. Judge Aenlle-Rocha received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

Arguelles, James P.
Eastern District of California, Nominated 6/18/20.
James Arguelles currently serves as a Superior Court Judge in Sacramento County, Calif. Before taking the bench in 2010, Judge Arguelles was a partner at Stevens, O’Connell & Jacobs, an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, and in private practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is also a Military Judge in the United States Army Reserve. Upon graduation from law school, Judge Arguelles served as a law clerk to Judge Marilyn L. Huff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned his B.S., as a Distinguished Graduate, from the U.S. Naval Academy, his M.S.S., as a Distinguished Graduate, from the U.S. Army War College, and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

Arias-Marxuach, Raúl
District of Puerto Rico, Nominated 11/30/20.
Raúl Arias-Marxuach is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Prior to his appointment in 2019, He served as Vice Chair of the Litigation Practice Group at McConnell Valdés, where he maintained a diverse commercial litigation practice and accumulated substantial jury trial and appellate experience in complex matters. Before joining McConnell Valdés, Judge Arias-Marxuach worked as a law clerk to Associate Justice Antonio S. Negrón-García of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Judge Arias-Marxuach earned his B.A. from Boston College; his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law; and an L.L.M. from Harvard Law School.

Atchley, Charles E.
Eastern District of Tennessee, Nominated 9/22/20.
Chuck Atchley is currently an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, where he has served since 2018. Mr. Atchley joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2001 and previously served in the Criminal Division, supervising the General Crimes & National Security Section. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he served as an Assistant District Attorney General for the State of Tennessee. He earned his B.A. from the University of Tennessee, and his J.D. from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law.

Badalamenti, John L.
Middle District of Florida, Nominated 2/5/20.
Confirmed 6/1/20.
John Badalamenti currently serves as a District Judge on the Florida Second District Court of Appeal. Before taking the bench in 2015, Judge Badalamenti was as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Middle District of Florida, where he argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Before joining the Public Defender’s office, Judge Badalamenti was an associate at Carlton Fields and an Attorney Advisor for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Judge Badalamenti also served as a law clerk to Frank Mays Hull and Paul H. Roney of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Judge Badalamenti earned his B.A., with highest honors, and his M.A. from the University of Florida, and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Barloon, Joseph L.
U.S. Court of Int’l Trade, Nominated 11/16/20.
Joe Barloon currently serves as General Counsel of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. Mr. Barloon was previously a Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he litigated a wide range of cases in federal courts across the country and handled enforcement matters before federal and state administrative agencies. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Barloon served as a law clerk for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He received his A.B. from Harvard College, his M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and his J.D., summa cum laude, from Georgetown Law School.

Barlow, David B.,
District of Utah, Nominated 6/12/19.
Confirmed 12/4/19.
David Barlow is a partner in the Salt Lake City office of Dorsey & Whitney, where his practice focuses on representing companies in civil litigation and white-collar investigations. Before joining Dorsey, Mr. Barlow was a vice president for Walmart’s Health & Wellness businesses and in private practice with Sidley Austin. Earlier in his career, Mr. Barlow served as United States Attorney for the District of Utah and as General Counsel and Chief Judiciary Counsel for United States Senator Mike Lee. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

Beaton, Benjamin J.
Western District of Kentucky, Nominated 9/8/20.
Confirmed 11/17/20.
Benjamin Beaton is a partner at Squire Patton Boggs, where he co-chairs the firm’s Appellate & Supreme Court practice group. Mr. Beaton’s represents clients engaged in complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, and before administrative agencies. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, where he teaches constitutional interpretation. Before joining Squire Patton Boggs, Mr. Beaton practiced in the Washington, D.C. office of Sidley Austin, and also served as a legal fellow with the International Justice Mission in Kampala, Uganda. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Beaton worked as a law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court, and to Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Mr. Beaton earned his B.A., summa cum laude, from Centre College, and his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor on the Columbia Law Review.

Blumenfeld, Stanley
Central District of California, Nominated 2/6/19.
Stan Blumenfeld is a judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court, currently assigned to the Felony Trial Court and serving as the Assistant Supervising Judge for the Northeast and Central Districts. Judge Blumenfeld is also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Law and teaches a course in Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Remedies. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Blumenfeld was a partner at O’Melveny & Myers, where he served as Co-Chair of the Healthcare and Environmental Law practice groups, and was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Blumenfeld received his B.A. from SUNY Binghamton, an M.A. in Spanish from New York University, and his J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the UCLA Law Review.

Bogren, Michael
Western District of Michigan, Nominated 3/11/19. (nomination withdrawn, 6/26/19)
Michael Bogren is Chairman of Plunkett Cooney’s Board of Directors and the Managing Partner in the firm’s Kalamazoo, Michigan, office. His practice focuses on representing municipalities in both Federal and State courts, including First Amendment, zoning, and employment matters. He also serves as village attorney for the Village of Hopkins, Michigan. Mr. Bogren received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Detroit School of Law and his B.A., cum laude, from Western Michigan University.

Brasher, Andrew L
   Eleventh Circuit, Nominated 11/21/19.
Confirmed 2/11/20.
   Andrew Brasher currently serves as a U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama. Before taking the bench in May 2019, Judge Brasher was the Solicitor General of the State of Alabama, where he argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Alabama Supreme Court. He previously served for several years as the Deputy Solicitor General and practiced in the litigation and white-collar criminal defense practice groups in the Birmingham, Alabama, office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings. Upon graduation from law school, Judge Brasher served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Judge Brasher earned his B.A., summa cum laude, from Samford University and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review.

Braverman, Adam L.
   Southern District of California, Nominated 10/17/19.
Adam Braverman is Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Mr. Braverman previously served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, including as the U.S. Attorney and as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Enterprise section. Before entering government service, Mr. Braverman was in private practice at Goodwin Procter, where his practice focused on civil litigation, white-collar defense, and internal investigations. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Consuelo M. Callahan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Mr. Braverman received his B.A., cum laude, from George Washington University and his J.D. from George Washington University Law School.

Bress, Daniel A.
Ninth Circuit, Nominated 2/6/19.
Confirmed 7/9/19.
Daniel Bress is currently a partner in the Washington DC office of Kirkland & Ellis, Previously he worked in the San Francisco office of Munger, Toiles & Olson. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Columbus School of Law and the University of Virginia School of Law. After law school, Mr. Bress clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and for Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Mr. Bress earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College and his J.D. from the Universwity of Virginia School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review.

Brown, Ada, E.
Northern District of Texas, Nominated 3/26/19.
Confirmed 9/11/19.
Ada Brown is a Justice on Texas’ Fifth Court of Appeals. Before joining the appellate court in 2013, Justice Brown practiced at McKool Smith in Dallas, Texas, where her practice focused on commercial litigation and patent infringement matters. She also served as a judge on the Dallas County Criminal Court and as a prosecutor in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Justice Brown has served as Commissioner for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education and as Commissioner for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Justice Brown received her J.D. from Emory University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Spelman College.

Brown, Jeffrey V.
Southern District of Texas, Nominated 3/11/19.
Confirmed 7/31/19.
Jeffrey Brown is a Justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, where he has served since 2013. Before joining the Supreme Court of Texas, he served as a justice on Texas’ Fourteenth Court of Appeals and as a judge on the State’s 55th District Court. Previously, Justice Brown was an attorney in private practice. After graduating from law school, Justice Brown clerked for Justices Jack Tower and Greg Abbott of the Supreme Court of Texas. Justice Brown received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center, where he was an Editor on the Houston Law Review. He received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Bumatay, Patrick J.
Ninth Circuit, Nominated 10/15/19.
Confirmed 12/10/19.
Patrick Bumatay is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, where he is a member of the Appellate and Narcotics Sections. He previously served as Counselor to the Attorney General on various criminal issues, including the national opioid strategy and transnational organized crime. Mr. Bumatay has also served in other positions in the Department of Justice, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Office of the Associate Attorney General, where he was responsible for overseeing various aspects of the Department’s civil enforcement programs, and the Office of Legal Policy. Upon graduation from law school, He served as a law clerk to Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He also clerked for Judge Sandra L. Townes of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Bumatay earned his B.A., cum laude, from Yale University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the National Filipino American Lawyers Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Tom Homann LGBT Law Association, and the Federal Bar Association.

Calabrese, J. Philip
Northern District of Ohio, Nominated 3/3/20.
Confirmed 12/1/20.
Philip Calabrese currently serves as a Judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. Before taking the bench in 2019, Judge Calabrese was a partner at Porter Wright, where he co-chaired the firm’s class action practice. Judge Calabrese also serves as an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Alice M. Batchelder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Calabrese earned his B.A., summa cum laude, from the College of the Holy Cross, and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

Cannon, Aileen Mercedes
Southern District of Florida, Nominated 5/21/20.
Confirmed 11/12/20.
Aileen Cannon is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, where she serves in the Criminal Division of the Appellate Section. Ms. Cannon previously served in the Major Crimes Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, prosecuting federal firearms, narcotics, immigration and fraud offenses. Earlier in her career, Ms. Cannon practiced civil litigation at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Upon graduation from law school, she served as a law clerk to Judge Steven M. Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Ms. Cannon earned her B.A. from Duke University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

Carreno-Coll, Silvia
District of Puerto Rico, Nominated 10/15/19.
Confirmed 2/25/20.
Silvia Carreno-Coll currently serves as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Before taking the bench in 2011, Judge Carreno-Coll served as Associate Regional Counsel for Caribbean Programs in the Environmental Protection Agency and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico. Judge Carreno-Coll teaches a Federal Practice seminar at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law and is a member of the Federal Bar District Examination Committee. She earned her B.A., cum laude, from Emerson College and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law.

Cole, Douglas R.
Southern District of Ohio, Nominated 5/13/19.
Confirmed 12/4/19.
Doug Cole is a Partner at Organ Cole in Columbus, Ohio, representing clients in complex litigation and intellectual property matters. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Cole served as State Solicitor of Ohio in the Office of the Ohio Attorney General. In that role, Mr. Cole briefed and argued cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, the Ohio Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on behalf of the State of Ohio. Before serving as State Solicitor, Mr. Cole was a Professor at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he taught courses in Corporations, Contracts, and Law & Economics. Mr. Cole continues to serve as an Adjunct Professor at the law school. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Cole served as a law clerk to Judge Frank H. Easterbrook of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Cole earned his B.A. from Ripon College; his B.S.E.E., with honors, from the University of Wisconsin; and his J.D., with high honors, from the University of Chicago Law School.

Collins, Daniel P.
Ninth Circuited, Nominated 2/6/19.
Confirmed 5/21/19.
Daniel Collins is a partner in the LA office of Munger, Tolles & Olson, where his practice focuses on appellate litigation in the Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit, and the California Supreme Court. Mr. Collins has argued 36 cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, including two before the en banc court, and four cases in the California Supreme Court. Prior to joining Munger Tolles, Mr. Collins served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked extensively on the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today (PROTECT) Act of 2003, which included provisions to combat child pornography and child abuse and to reform federal sentencing laws. He has also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and as an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel. Upon graduation from law school, he clerked for Judge Dorothy W. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and he later clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Collins received his A.B. from Harvard College,summa cum laude, and his J.D., with distinction, from Stanford University, where he served on the Stanford Law Review.

Colville, Robert
   Western District of Pennsylvania, Nominated 3/6/19.
Confirmed 12/19/19.
   Robert Colville is a judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, where he currently presides over a civil litigation calendar, including complex commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining the bench in 2000, Judge Colville practiced at Piertragallo, Bosick & Gordon, where he handled all manner of civil litigation, including products liability and insurance defense cases. Upon graduation from law school, he clerked for Justice Ralph J. Cappy of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Judge Colville received his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law and his B.A. from Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Cronan, John P.
   Southern District of New York, Nominated 12/2/19.
Confirmed 8/6/20.
John Cronan is the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. From November 2017 to July 2018, he served as the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division. Before joining the Criminal Division, Mr. Cronan was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where he supervised the Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit and served in the office’s Civil Division. Mr. Cronan has also served as an Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law, where he co-taught a seminar on federal criminal prosecutions. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Cronan worked as a law clerk to Judge Barrington D. Parker, Jr. on both the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He also clerked for Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Cronan earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University and his J.D. from Yale Law School.

Crouse, Toby
District of Kansas, Nominated 5/21/20.
Confirmed 11/17/20.
Toby Crouse currently serves as the Solicitor General for the State of Kansas. Prior to his appointment as Solicitor General, Mr. Crouse was a partner in the Kansas law firm of Foulston Siefkin, where he represented clients in trial and appellate courts. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Mary Beck Briscoe on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Monti L. Belot on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Mr. Crouse earned his B.A. from Kansas State University and his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif, and served as Articles Editor on the University of Kansas Law Review.

Crytzer, Katherine A.
Eastern District of Tennessee, Nominated 9/22/20.
Confirmed 12/16/20.
Katherine Crytzer currently holds the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy, where she provides legal and policy advice to the Assistant Attorney General and the Department of Justice leadership. Ms. Crytzer previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky and was in private practice at Kirkland & Ellis. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Crytzer served as a law clerk to Judge Raymond W. Gruender of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She received her B.S., summa cum laude, from Middle Tennessee State University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.

Cullen, Thomas T.
Western District of Virginia, Nominated 2/5/20.
Confirmed 9/10/20.
Thomas Cullen is the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, where he serves as the chief Federal law enforcement officer for the District. Before becoming U.S. Attorney in 2018, Mr. Cullen was a partner at Woods Rogers, where he headed the firm’s white-collar and government investigations practice. Prior to entering private practice, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in both Virginia and North Carolina. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Cullen clerked for Judge Robert E. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and Judge Roger L. Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Cullen earned his B.A., cum laude, from Furman University and his J.D. from William and Mary Law School.

Davis, Stephanie Dawkins
Eastern District of Michigan, Nominated 3/11/19.
Confirmed 12/19/19.
Stephanie Dawkins is a Magistrate Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Before being selected as a Magistrate Judge in 2016, Judge Dawkins served 18 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan, including as Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney and in the Controlled Substances Unit. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Davis was an attorney in private practice. Judge Dawkins received her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and her B.S. from Wichita State University.

Dawson, Joseph, III
District of South Carolina, Nominated 10/23/20.
Joseph Dawson is the County Attorney for the County of Charleston, S.C., where he is responsible for managing and overseeing all legal matters for the county and its officials. Mr. Dawson also operates his own solo law practice and focuses on general civil litigation and strategic advice to small businesses. He earned his B.A. from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Dishman, Jodi W.
Western District of Oklahoma, Nominated 9/9/19.
Confirmed 12/19/19.
Jodi Dishman is a Shareholder at McAfee & Taft in Oklahoma City, where her practice focuses on complex civil litigation in federal and state courts and where she serves as President of the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Before joining McAfee & Taft, Ms. Dishman spent five years as an attorney in the San Antonio, Texas, office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Upon graduation from law school, She served as a law clerk to Judges Edward C. Prado and Carolyn Dineen King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ms. Dishman earned her B.B.A., cum laude, from Southern Methodist University and her J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Oklahoma Law Review.

Dugan, David W.
Southern District of Illinois, Nominated 2/12/20.
Confirmed 9/16/20.
David Dugan currently serves as a Circuit Judge for the 3rd Judicial Circuit, Madison County, Illinois. Prior to taking the bench in 2017, Judge Dugan was in private practice for more than 30 years, where his practice focused on personal injury and commercial litigation in both State and Federal Courts. Judge Dugan previously served as an Assistant States Attorney for Madison County, Illinois. Judge Dugan earned his B.A. from Eastern Illinois University and his J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law.