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Menendez, Katherine Marie
Born 1971 in Emporia, KS
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on September 20, 2021, to a seat vacated by Joan N. Ericksen. Confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2021, and received commission on December 21, 2021.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2016-2021
Education:
University of Chicago, B.A., 1993
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1996
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on September 20, 2021, to a seat vacated by Joan N. Ericksen. Confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2021, and received commission on December 21, 2021.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 2016-2021
Education:
University of Chicago, B.A., 1993
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1996
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Sam J. Ervin III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1996-1997
Office of the Federal Defender for the District of Minnesota, 1997-2016; Soros Justice Fellow, 1997-1999; assistant federal defender, 1999-2016; chief of training, 2006-2016
Adjunct professor, Hamline University School of Law, 2001-2003
Adjunct professor, St. Thomas University School of Law, 2003-2005
Adjunct professor, University of Minnesota School of Law, 2018-