Melissa Damian
Melissa Damian | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Assumed office March 4, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Ursula Mancusi Ungaro |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| In office January 10, 2022 – March 4, 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Coral Gables, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) University of Miami (JD) |
Melissa Jean Damian (born 1968)[1] is an American lawyer from who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida since 2024. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2022 to 2024.
Education
Damian received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 1995.[2]
Career
Damian served as a
appellate counsel at The Ferraro Law Firm. From 2013 to 2021, Damian worked in private legal practice as Of counsel at Damian & Valori.[2] From 2022 to 2024, she served as a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Florida.[2][4]
Federal judicial service
On November 1, 2023, President
Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate[7] and she was renominated on January 8, 2024.[8] On January 18, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote.[9][10] On February 28, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 77–20 vote.[11] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 77–20 vote.[12] She received her judicial commission on March 4, 2024.[13]
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "President Biden Names Forty-First Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/news/220107PressRelease-SelectionofMelissaDamianasUnitedStatesMagistrateJudge_0.pdf
- ^ "Melissa Damian | United States Courts". www.uscourts.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 29, 2023.
- ^ "PN1132 — Melissa Damian — The Judiciary". congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2024.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate" (Press release). United States Senate Judiciary Committee. January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Melissa Damian to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida)". United States Senate. February 28, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Melissa Damian, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida)". United States Senate. February 28, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ Melissa Damian at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Melissa Damian at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.