Katherine Polk Failla
Katherine Polk Failla | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
Assumed office March 5, 2013 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Denise Cote |
Personal details | |
Born | Katherine Mary Polk May 1969 (age 54) Edison, New Jersey, U.S. |
Education | College of William & Mary (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Katherine Mary Polk Failla (born May 1969) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Biography
Failla was born in
Among the cases that Failla worked on while in the Criminal Appeals Unit were United States v. Odeh, et al. (prosecution of Mohammed Odeh and many others for the 1998 United States embassy bombings); United States v. Sattar, Stewart, Yousry (prosecution of Lynne Stewart and others for passing information to and from convicted terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman, "the blind sheikh"); United States v. Stein, et al. (the KPMG tax shelter fraud case); United States v. Coplan, et al. (tax shelters promoted by Ernst & Young), and United States v. Rigas (prosecution of John Rigas for the Adelphia Communications Corporation fraud case).[3][1]
Federal judicial service
On June 25, 2012, President Barack Obama, on the recommendation of Senator Chuck Schumer,[4] nominated Failla to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Denise Cote who assumed senior status on December 15, 2011.[2] On September 19, 2012, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination and reported her nomination to the floor on December 6, 2012, by voice vote. On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the adjournment sine die of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, the president renominated her to the same office. Her nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2013, by voice vote.[5] On March 4, 2013, the Senate confirmed the nomination by a 91–0 vote.[6] She received her commission the next day.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Katherine Polk Failla at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ National Archives.
- ^ Biography from Practicing Law Institute.
- ^ "Press Release from Senator Schumer".
- National Archives.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Katherine Polk Failla, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge)". www.senate.gov.
External links
- Katherine Polk Failla at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Katherine Polk Failla at Ballotpedia