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Edelman, Todd E.
District of Columbia. Nominated 1/23/23.

Todd Edelman has served as an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2010. From 2008 to 2010, Judge Edelman was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Judge Edelman was Of Counsel at the law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser from 2005 to 2008. From 1997 to 2005, he served as an attorney in various roles at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Judge Edelman was an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow in the Criminal Justice Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center from 1995 to 1997. He served as a law clerk for Judge William B. Bryant on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 to 1995.

Judge Edelman received his J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law in 1994 and his B.A., cum laude, from Yale University in 1990.

Edwards, Jerry, Jr.
Western District of Louisiana. Nominated 6/8/23.
Confirmed 12/14/23.

Jerry Edwards Jr. has served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana in Shreveport since 2022. Previously, he worked as Chief of the Civil Division from 2020 to 2022 after joining that office as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Edwards was an associate from 2006 to 2014 and then a shareholder and director from 2014 to 2019 at the law firm of Blanchard, Walker, O’Quin & Roberts. From 2005 to 2006, he served as a law clerk for Judges Jeanette G. Garrett and Scott J. Crichton of the First Judicial District Court of Louisiana.

Mr. Edwards received his J.D. from Vermont Law School in 2005 and his B.A. from Georgia State University in 2002.

Evanson, Kymberly
Western District of Washington. Nominated 1/23/23.
Confirmed 7/11/23.

Kymberly Evanson is a partner at Pacifica Law Group in Seattle, Wash., where she has worked since 2011. Previously, Ms. Evanson was an associate attorney at K&L Gates in Seattle, Wash., from 2009 to 2011. She served as a law clerk for Judge Emmet Sullivan on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2008.

Ms. Evanson received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2007 and her B.A. from Seattle University in 1999.

Farbiarz, Michael E.
District of New Jersey. Nominated 1/3/23.
Confirmed 5/2/23.

Michael Farbiarz has served as the General Counsel of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey since 2016. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Farbiarz was a Senior Fellow at New York University School of Law. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York from 2004 to 2014, including as Co-Chief of the Terrorism & International Narcotics Unit from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Farbiarz was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York from 2001 to 2004. He served as a law clerk for Judge José A. Cabranes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2000 to 2001 and for Chief Judge Michael B. Mukasey on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1999 to 2000.

Mr. Farbiarz received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1999 and his A.B. From Harvard University in 1995.

Federico, Richard E.N.
Tenth Circuit. Nominated 7/27/23.
Confirmed 12/11/23.

Rich Federico joined the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas in Topeka in 2017. He has served as its Senior Litigator since 2020 and previously as an Assistant Federal Public Defender from 2018 to 2020 and as a Research and Writing Specialist from 2017 to 2018. Mr. Federico also serves as a Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He has been a Military Judge for the Navy Reserve Trial Judiciary since 2019, and he held the position of Appellate Defense Counsel from 2015 to 2019. Mr. Federico was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon in Portland from 2015 to 2017. Before that, Mr. Federico served on active duty in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps as a prosecutor from 2002 to 2008 and as a defense counsel from 2008 to 2015.

Mr. Federico received his LL.M., highest distinction, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2012, his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2002, and his B.A. from Indiana University in 1999.

Gallagher, Gordon
District of Colorado. Nominated 1/23/23.
Confirmed 3/22/23.

Gordon Gallagher has served as a part-time U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Colorado in Grand Junction since 2012. Judge Gallagher has also had his own solo practice since 2000, focused on criminal defense work in state courts. He previously served as Deputy District Attorney for the Mesa County, Colorado District Attorney’s Office from 1997 to 2000. From 1996 to 1997, Judge Gallagher was an associate at Underhill & Underhill in Greenwood Village, Colo.

Judge Gallagher received his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1996 and his B.A. from Macalester College in 1991.

Garcia, Bradley N.
District of Columbia Circuit. Nominated 1/3/23.
Confirmed 5/15/23.

Bradley Garcia is a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, a role he has held since 2022. Prior to joining DOJ, Mr. Garcia was a partner in the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group at O’Melveny & Myers, where he worked from 2013 to 2022. As an appellate litigator, Mr. Garcia has represented clients in over 50 cases before federal and state appellate courts. He has argued 13 cases before federal and state appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Third, Fourth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits. He served as a law clerk for Justice Elena Kagan on the U.S. Supreme Court from 2012 to 2013 and for Judge Thomas Griffith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2011 to 2012.

Mr. Garcia received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2011 and his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 2008.

Garcia, Matthew L.
District of New Mexico. Nominated 1/3/23.
Confirmed 2/14/23.

Matthew Garcia has served in the Office of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham as Chief of Staff from 2020 to 2022 and General Counsel from 2019 to 2020. From 2012 to 2018, he was a partner at Garcia Ives Nowara in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and from 2009 to 2012, he was a partner at Bach & Garcia in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. Garcia had his own solo practice from 2008 to 2009. From 2006-2008 Mr. Garcia was an associate at Freedman Boyd Daniels Hollander Goldberg & Ives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mr. Garcia received his J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2005, an M.P.P. from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2003, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of New Mexico in 1999.

Garnett, Margaret
Southern District of New York. Nominated 7/11/23.
Confirmed 11/29/23.

Margaret Garnett served as the Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2021 until May 2023, and presently serves as the Special Counsel to the district’s U.S. Attorney. Previously, Ms. Garnett was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York from 2005 to 2017, which included service as Chief of Appeals from 2016 to 2017 and Chief of the Violent Crimes/Violent & Organized Crime Unit from 2011 to 2014. From 2018 to 2021, Ms. Garnett was Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation, and from 2017 to 2018, she served as Executive Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice in the New York State Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Garnett was an associate at the U.S. Wachtell, Rosen & Katz from 2000 to 2004. She served as a law clerk for Judge Gerard E. Lynch on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2004 to 2005.

Ms. Garnett received her J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2000, her M.A. and M. Phil. from Yale University in 1995 and 1997, and her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1992.

Gaston, Marian
Southern District of California. Nominated 1/23/23.

Marian Gaston has served as a judge on the Superior Court of California in San Diego since 2015. From 1996 to 2015, Judge Gaston served as a Deputy Public Defender in the San Diego County Public Defender’s Office.

Judge Gaston received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1996 and her B.A. from Emory University in 1993.

Gonzalez, Ernesto
Western District of Texas. Nominated 1/10/24.
Confirmed 3/22/24.

Ernest Gonzalez has been a Senior Attorney Advisor in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs Section, since 2023. Previously, Mr. Gonzalez served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas from 2003 to 2023 and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas from 2000 to 2003. From 1994 to 2000, he worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Bexar County in San Antonio, Texas.

Mr. Gonzalez received his J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston in 1993 and his B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1987.

Grey, Jonathan J.C.
Eastern District of Michigan. Nominated 1/23/23.
Confirmed 3/2/23.

Jonathan Grey has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan since 2021. Judge Grey previously worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio from 2016 to 2021 and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2012 to 2016. From 2011 to 2012 and 2007 to 2009, he was an associate at Seyfath Shaw in Chicago, Ill. Judge Grey served as a law clerk for Judge Damon J. Keith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 2010 to 2011 and Judge W. Louis Sands on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia from 2009 to 2010.

Judge Grey received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2007 and B.S. from Morehouse College in 2004.

Guzman, Margaret R.
District of Massachusetts. Nominated 1/3/23.
Confirmed 3/1/23.

Judge Margaret Guzman has served as a judge on the Ayer District Court in Middlesex County, Massachusetts since 2017. From 2009 to 2017, she served as a judge on the Massachusetts Trial Court. From 2005 to 2009, Judge Guzman was a solo practitioner. She previously served as a public defender for the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services from 1992 to 2005.

Judge Guzman received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1992 and her B.A. from Clark University, with honors, in 1989.

Hall, Jennifer L.
District of Delaware, Nominated 7/11/23.
Confirmed 10/17/23.

Judge Jennifer Hall has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware since 2019. Previously, Judge Hall worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware from 2011 to 2015 and held the position of Chief of the office’s Civil Division from 2015 to 2019. Before that, Judge Hall was an associate at the U.S. Fish & Richardson from 2008 to 2011. Judge Hall served as a law clerk for Judge Kent A. Jordan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2007 to 2008 and Judge Sharon Prost on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 2006 to 2007.

Judge Hall received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2006, her Ph.D. and M. Phil in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University in 2003 and 2000, and her B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1997.

Harjani, Sunil R.
Northern District of Illinois. Nominated 2/3/24.
Confirmed 3/12/24.

Judge Sunil Harjani has been a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois since 2019. Judge Harjani previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois from 2008 to 2019. Judge Harjani also practiced federal civil litigation as a senior counsel at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission from 2004 to 2008 and as an associate at Jenner & Block in Chicago from 2000 to 2001 and 2002 to 2004. He served as a law clerk for Judge Suzanne B. Conlon on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 2001 to 2002.

Judge Harjani received his J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2000 and his B.A. from Northwestern University in 1997.

Hawley, Jonathan E.
   Central District of Illinois. Nominated 7/8/24.
Confirmed 11/13/24.

Judge Jonathan Hawley has been a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois since 2014. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Hawley worked in the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Central District of Illinois from 1999 to 2014, including as the District’s Chief Federal Public Defender from 2011 to 2014. Judge Hawley served as a law clerk for Justice James D. Heiple on the Illinois Supreme Court from 1998 to 1999, for Judge Michael P. McCuskey on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in 1998, and for Judge McCuskey on the Illinois Third District Appellate Court from 1997 to 1998.

Mr. Hawley received his J.D., cum laude, from DePaul University College of Law in 1997 and his B.A, cum laude, from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1992.

Henry, Catherine
   Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Nominated 6/4/24.

Catherine Henry has been an Assistant Federal Defender in the Federal Community Defender’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2001. She previously worked as a public defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia from 1996 to 2001 and as a staff attorney at the Feminist Majority Foundation in Arlington, Virginia, from 1995 to 1996.

Ms. Henry received her J.D. from the District of Columbia School of Law in 1995 and her B.A. from Drew University in 1991.

Hill, Sara E.
   Northern District of Oklahoma. Nominated 10/24/23.
Confirmed 12/19/23.

Sara E. Hill served as Attorney General of the Cherokee Nation from 2019 to 2023. She is currently a lawyer in private practice. Ms. Hill previously served the Cherokee Nation as Secretary of Natural Resources from 2015 to 2019, Deputy Attorney General from 2014 to 2015, and an Assistant Attorney General from 2004 to 2014. From 2014 to 2015, she worked as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Ms. Hill received her J.D. from the University of Tulsa in 2003 and her B.A., cum laude, from Northeastern State University in 2000.

Ho, Dale E.
   Southern District of New York. Nominated 1/3/23.
Confirmed 6/14/23.

Dale Ho has served as the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project since 2013. From 2009 to 2013, Mr. Ho worked at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc., where he was an Assistant Counsel working on voting rights litigation and other civil rights matters. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Ho worked as a litigation associate and as an NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Fellow at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, in New York City. Mr. Ho served as a law clerk for Judge Robert S. Smith on the New York Court of Appeals from 2006 to 2007 and for Judge Barbara S. Jones on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 2005 to 2006.

Mr. Ho received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2005 and his A.B., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Princeton University in 1999.

Holland, Colleen D.
Western District of New York. Nominated 9/11/23.
Nomination withdrawn 1/9/24.

Colleen Holland has served as special counsel to Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, since 2021, and as a career law clerk to Judge Wolford since 2018. Ms. Holland previously worked as a law clerk for Judge Wolford from 2014 to 2016 and for Judge Michael A. Telesca on the same court from 2017 to 2018. Previously, Ms. Holland was an associate in private practice at Boylan Code from 2016 to 2017; LeClairRyan, from 2012 to 2014; and Nixon Peabody, from 2010 to 2012.

Ms. Holland received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2010, and her joint B.A. and B.S. from the University of Rochester in 2006.

Hsu, Wesley
Central District of California. Nominated 1/23/23.
Confirmed 5/3/23.

Wesley Hsu has served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2017. Judge Hsu worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California from 2000 to 2017, including as Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney from 2015 to 2017 and Chief of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section from 2008 to 2015. Judge Hsu was an associate at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher from 1997 to 2000. He served as a law clerk for Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 1996 to 1997.

Judge Hsu received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1996 and his B.A. from Yale University in 1993.

Hunt, LaShonda A.
Northern District of Illinois. Nominated 1/31/23.
Confirmed 5/4/23.

Judge LaShonda Hunt has served as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Illinois since 2017. Judge Hunt previously held the position of General Counsel for the Illinois Department of Central Management Services in 2016 and as Chief Legal Counsel for the Illinois Department of Corrections from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, she served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois from 2003 to 2005, and then again from 2010 to 2015. Judge Hunt was Assistant General Counsel at Exelon Company from 2007 to 2009 and Regulatory Outreach Manager at Com Ed, a subsidiary of Exelon, from 2009 to 2010. She also worked as a schools’ project director for the Just the Beginning Foundation from 2006 to 2007, a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1998 to 2001, and an associate at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal from 1995 to 1998. She served as a law clerk for Judge William J. Hibbler on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 2001 to 2003.

Judge Hunt received her J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1995, and her B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992.

Hurson, Brendan Abell
District of Maryland. Nominated 3/21/23.
Confirmed 10/4/23.

Judge Brendan Abell Hurson has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Maryland since 2022. Previously, from 2007 to 2017, Judge Hurson worked as an Assistant Federal Public Defender and Senior Litigation Counsel in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland and again from 2018 to 2022. He also served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Virgin Islands and worked as an associate at Schulman, Hershfield & Gilden in Baltimore, Md., from 2006 to 2007. From 2005 to 2006, Judge Hurson served as a law clerk for Judge Margaret B. Seymour on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Judge Hurson received his J.D., with honors, from University of Maryland School of Law in 2005 and his B.A. from Providence College, cum laude, in 2000.

Hwang, Anne,
   Central District of California. Nominated 4/30/24.

Judge Anne Hwang has been a judge on the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County since 2019. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Hwang served as a Deputy Federal Public Defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California from 2006 to 2018, becoming Chief Deputy Federal Public Defender in 2018. Before that, Judge Hwang worked as a litigation associate at Irell & Manella from 2002 to 2006.

Judge Hwang received her J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 2002 and her B.A. from Cornell University in 1997.

Jackson, Danna
   District of Montana. Nominated 4/30/24.

Danna Jackson has been Tribal Attorney for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Pablo, Montana, since 2023. She previously served at the U.S. Department of the Interior as Senior Counselor to the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and then Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science from 2021 to 2023. Before that, Ms. Jackson served as Chief Legal Counsel at the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in Helena, Montana, from 2016 to 2021, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Tribal Liaison in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana from 2010 to 2016. She also worked as a counsel at Akin Gump from 2005 to 2010, after serving as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate from 2002 to 2005, and as a staff attorney at the National Indian Gaming Commission from 2000 to 2002.

Ms. Jackson received her J.D. and her B.A. from the University of Montana in 1996 and 1993, respectively.

Jenkins, Lindsay C.
   Northern District of Illinois. Nominated 1/3/23.
Confirmed 2/14/23.

Lindsay Jenkins is a partner at Cooley LLP in Chicago, Illinois, where she has worked since 2021. She previously served as an Assistant U. S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois from 2006 to 2021. Ms. Jenkins was previously an associate at Jones Day from 2004 to 2006. She served as a law clerk for Judge Solomon Oliver,Jr. on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio from 2002 to 2004.

Ms. Jenkins received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, in 2002 and her B.A. from Miami University of Ohio in 1998.

Johnson, Tiffany R.
Northern District of Georgia. Nominated 7/31/24.

Tiffany Johnson has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia since 2017. She served in the office’s Civil Division until 2020, when she transferred to its Criminal Division. From 2012 to 2017, Ms. Johnson worked as a litigation associate at the Atlanta law firm of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs.

Ms. Johnson received her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2012 and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 2009.

Johnstone, Anthony
Ninth Circuit. Nominated 1/3/23.
Confirmed 5/1/23.

Anthony Johnstone is the Helen & David Mason Professor of Law and an affiliated professor of public administration at the University of Montana’s Blewett School of Law, where he has taught since 2011. Mr. Johnstone has also worked as a solo practitioner at Johnstone Law Firm since 2015. He previously served as the Solicitor for the State of Montana from 2008 to 2011. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Johnstone served as an Assistant Attorney General at the Montana Department of Justice. From 2000 to 2003, he was a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York. He served as a law clerk for Judge Sidney R. Thomas on the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Montana from 1999 to 2000.

Mr. Johnstone received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago in 1999 and his B.A. from Yale University in 1995.

Joun, Myong J.
District of Massachusetts. Nominated 1/23/23.
Confirmed 7/12/23.

Myong Joun has served as an Associate Justice on the Boston Municipal Court since 2014. Justice Joun previously was a solo practitioner from 2007 to 2014. He served as an associate at the law firm of Howard Friedman from 1999 to 2007.

Justice Joun received his J.D. from Suffolk University in 1999 and his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1994. He is a veteran of the United States Army and the Massachusetts National Guard.

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