LaShann DeArcy Hall
LaShann DeArcy Hall | |
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.jpg) DeArcy Hall in 2015 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| Assumed office November 17, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Garaufis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | LaShann Moutique Jones November 11, 1970 Senior Airman[1] |
LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall (née LaShann Moutique Jones; born November 11, 1970)[2] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Biography
Education & military service
DeArcy Hall received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch College in 1992. She received a Juris Doctor magna cum laude, in 2000 from Howard University School of Law. She served in the United States Air Force, from 1995 to 1997.
Early career
After graduating from university, DeArcy Hall worked many jobs in the service industry to pay off her student loans. From 1992 to 1993 she was a
Seoul, South Korea.[1] From 1994 to 1997 she was a waitress at SOB's in New York City and at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC.[1]
Legal & political career
In 1998 she was a judicial intern for Judge Sheila Tillerson Adams of
Federal judicial service
On November 12, 2014, President
United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2015.[9] On June 4, 2015, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[10] On November 16, 2015, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by a 93–1 vote.[11] She received her judicial commission on November 17, 2015.[6]
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ California Birth Index
- National Archives.
- ^ a b "Kirsten Gillibrand – United States Senator for New York: News". www.gillibrand.senate.gov.
- ^ "Official biography at Morrison & Foerster". Archived from the original on November 13, 2014.
- ^ a b LaShann DeArcy Hall at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- National Archives.
- National Archives.
- ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. May 6, 2015.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 4, 2015" (PDF).
- ^ "On the Nomination (Nomination LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District)". www.senate.gov.
External links
- LaShann DeArcy Hall at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- LaShann DeArcy Hall at Ballotpedia