Florence Y. Pan

Florence Yu Pan (born November 16, 1966) is an American attorney and judge who is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[2] She is a former associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Florence Y. Pan
Judge Pan in 2021
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
September 23, 2021
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byKetanji Brown Jackson
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
June 8, 2009 – September 23, 2021
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byLinda Turner Hamilton
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Florence Yu Pan

(1966-11-16) November 16, 1966[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2004)​
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA, BS)
Stanford University (JD)

Education

Pan received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, in 1988 from the University of Pennsylvania. She received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Stanford Law School in 1993.[3]

Career

She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Michael Mukasey of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, from 1993 to 1994.[3] From 1994 to 1995, she served as a law clerk to Judge Ralph K. Winter Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[3]

She worked for the United States Department of Justice, as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General from 1995 to 1996 and then as an attorney in the Appellate Section of the Criminal Division from 1996 to 1998.[3] She next worked at the United States Department of Treasury, first as a senior advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets in 1998 and subsequently as a senior advisor to the Undersecretary for Domestic Finance in 1999.[3]

From 1999 to 2009, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, where she also served as Deputy Chief of the Appellate Section from 2007 to 2009.[3] She served as an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2009 until her confirmation as a district court judge in 2021.[4]

Federal judicial service

Expired nomination to district court

On April 28, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Pan to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Reggie Walton, who took senior status on December 31, 2015.[5] On July 13, 2016, a hearing on her nomination was held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.[6] On September 15, 2016, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. Her nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.

Re-nomination to district court under Biden

On March 30, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Pan to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[7] On June 15, 2021, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Pan to the seat vacated by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was nominated to serve as a Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit.[8] On July 14, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] On August 5, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 18–4.[10] On September 22, 2021, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a vote of 66-27. On September 23, 2021, the Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 68–30,[11] and received her judicial commission the same day. She is the first Asian-American woman to serve on the D.C. district court.[12]

Personal life

In 2004, she married attorney Max Stier, who now serves as the president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service.[13] They have two sons.

See also

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts" (PDF). Committee on Governmental Affairs. May 13, 2009. p. 173. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. Hulse, Carl; Shear, Michael D. (2021-03-30). "Biden Names Diverse Nominees for the Federal Bench". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  3. "President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on United States District Courts" White House, April 28, 2016
  4. "Biden pick Florence Pan confirmed as first Asian American woman on D.C. federal court". 24 September 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, April 28, 2016
  6. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for July 13, 2016
  7. "President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates", White House, March 30, 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, June 15, 2021
  9. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for July 14, 2021
  10. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 5, 2021" (PDF). August 5, 2021.
  11. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Florence Y. Pan to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia)". United States Senate. September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  12. "Biden Names 'Trailblazing' Slate of Judicial Nominees With Diverse Backgrounds". NBC10 Philadelphia. March 30, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  13. "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Florence Pan, Max Stier". The New York Times. May 23, 2004. Florence Yu Pan and Max Ian Stier were married yesterday at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington. Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig performed the ceremony, which was followed by a Chinese wedding banquet.
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