Brenda K. Sannes

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Brenda Kay Sannes
Sannes in 2014
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Assumed office
August 31, 2022
Preceded byGlenn T. Suddaby
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Assumed office
November 21, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byNorman A. Mordue
Personal details
Born (1958-08-24) August 24, 1958 (age 65)
Billings, Montana, U.S.
EducationCarleton College (BA)
University of Wisconsin (JD)

Brenda Kay Sannes (born August 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who serves as the

assistant United States attorney
who served from 1988 to 2014.

Biography

Sannes received a

assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California, from 1988 to 1994, later serving a two-year detail in that office from 2003 to 2005. From 1995 to 2014, she served as an assistant United States attorney in the Northern District of New York, serving as chief of the Appellate Section from 2005 to 2014.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

On May 8, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Sannes to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Norman A. Mordue, who assumed senior status on June 30, 2013.[3] She received a hearing on her nomination on June 24, 2014.[4] On July 17, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[5] On November 18, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on her nomination. On November 19, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 55–42 vote.[6] On November 20, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a 96–0 vote.[7] She received her judicial commission on November 21, 2014.[2] Sannes became chief judge on August 31, 2022.[8]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
2014–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
2022–present