Anthony Trenga
Anthony Trenga | |
|---|---|
| Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
| Assumed office May 19, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Rudolph Contreras |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2021 | |
| Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
| Assumed office May 28, 2020 | |
| Appointed by | John Roberts |
| Preceded by | Rosemary M. Collyer |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
| In office October 14, 2008 – June 1, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Walter D. Kelley Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Michael S. Nachmanoff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony John Trenga 1949 (age 74–75) Wilmerding, Pennsylvania |
| Education | Duke University Law School (LLM) |
Anthony John Trenga (born 1949) is a
Education
Trenga was born in
Career
From 1975 to 1987, Trenga was in private practice in Washington, D.C., with the law firm Sachs, Greenebaum & Tayler, becoming a partner in 1982. He was managing partner at Hazel & Thomas in Alexandria, Virginia from 1987 to 1998, and back in Washington, D.C., from 1998 to 2008 ending as chair of the litigation department of Miller & Chevalier.[3][4] He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers and a member of the American Law Institute.
Federal judicial service
Trenga is a United States District Judge of the
Notable cases
In October 2009, Trenga set aside the jury conviction of two top salespeople at Teach Me to Trade, a part of Whitney Information Network,
On March 24, 2017, Trenga was the first federal judge to rule in favor of the Trump administration's executive order that limits travel from six Muslim-majority countries.[7]
On September 4, 2019, Trenga ruled that the United States government's watchlist of “known or suspected terrorists” violates the constitutional rights of those listed on it.[8]
On September 24, 2019, Trenga set aside the conviction of Bijan Khan, business partner of Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, on acting as an agent for a foreign power without notifying the Justice Department.[9]
In May 2019, Trenga ordered
References
- ^ "Order In the Court" Mercersburg Magazine Winter 2014, page 25. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ Trenga, Anthony John (1971). "The Need To Be: The Philosophical Foundations of the 'Movement to the People'".
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- ^ "New U.S. Judge in N.Va. Is Cited as Thorough and Fair" by Jerry Markon with staff research by Meg Smith, Washington Post, March 19, 2009. Retrieved Oct. 26, 2009.
- ^ "Duo From 'Teach Me to Trade' Seminars Charged With Fraud" by Matthew Barakat, Associated Press via Washington Post, March 12, 2008. Retrieved Oct. 26, 2009.
- ^ "Judge Tosses Verdicts Against Infomercial Pair" Associated Press via The New York Times, October 26, 2009. Retrieved Oct. 26, 2009.
- ^ Rosenberg, Mica (March 24, 2017). "Virginia court rules for Trump in travel ban dispute, order still halted". Reuters. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "US judge: Terror watchlist violates constitutional rights". AP NEWS. September 5, 2019.
- ^ Goldman, Adam (September 24, 2019). "Judge Throws Out Conviction of Michael Flynn's Business Partner (Published 2019)". The New York Times.
- ^ Hosenball, Mark (May 16, 2019). "Ex-soldier and WikiLeaks source Manning returned to jail for defying grand jury subpoena". Reuters. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ Levenson, Michael; Savage, Charlie (March 12, 2020). "Chelsea Manning Tries to Kill Herself in Jail, Lawyers Say". The New York Times.
- ^ "Chelsea Manning ordered released from prison, fined $256,000". www.cbsnews.com. March 12, 2020.
Sources
- Anthony Trenga at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.