Ana de Alba
Ana Isabel de Alba (born 1979/1980) is an American attorney serving as a judge of the Fresno County Superior Court. She is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Ana de Alba | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Fresno County Superior Court | |
| Assumed office October 11, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Jerry Brown |
| Preceded by | Dale Ikeda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1979/1980 (age 41–42)[1] |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, JD) |
Early life and education
de Alba was raised in the town of Dos Palos, California, located in southern Merced County. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 2007.[2]
Career
From 2007 to 2013, de Alba was an associate at Lang Richet & Patch. de Alba worked with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Immigrants' Rights Project in San Francisco, California, in 2007.[3] She later worked as a partner at Lang Richet & Patch in Fresno, California until 2018.[4] In October 2018, Governor Jerry Brown appointed her as a judge of the Fresno County Superior Court to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Judge Dale Ikeda.[1]
Nomination to federal district court
On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated de Alba to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.[4] President Biden nominated her to the seat vacated by Judge Morrison C. England Jr., who took senior status on December 17, 2019.[5] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On April 27, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6]
References
- "Governor Brown Appoints 33 Superior Court Judges". October 11, 2018. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- "Meet Ana de Alba: She broke our hearts in 3 minutes flat – OneJustice". Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- "Ana de Alba Appointed to State Bar Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services". June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017.
- "President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 19, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. April 25, 2022.