Brenda K. Sannes

Brenda Sannes
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office November 21, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Norman Mordue
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 57–58) Billings, Montana, U.S.
Residence	Skaneateles New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Carleton College University of Wisconsin, Madison

Brenda Kay Sannes (born 1958) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and former Assistant United States Attorney.

Biography

Sannes received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude,in 1980 from Carleton College. She received a Juris Doctorate in 1983 from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She served as a law clerk to Judge Joseph Jerome Farris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from 1983 to 1984. From 1984 to 1988, she worked at the law firm of Wyman, Bautzer, Christensen, Kuchel & Silbert in Los Angeles, California. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, from 1988 to 1994, later serving a two-year detail in that office from 2003 to 2005. From 1995 to 2014, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of New York, serving as Chief of the Appellate Section from 2005 to 2014.^[1]

Federal judicial service

On May 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Sannes to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Norman A. Mordue, who took senior status on June 30, 2013.^[2] She received a hearing on her nomination on Tuesday, June 24, 2014.^[3] On July 17, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.^[4] On November 18, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on her nomination. On Wednesday November 19, 2014 cloture was invoked by a vote of 55-42.^[5] On Thursday, November 20, 2014 the Senate voted 96-0 in favor of final confirmation.^[6] She received her judicial commission on November 21, 2014.^[7]

References

1. "President Obama Nominates Brenda K. Sannes to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York" White House, May 8, 2014
2. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, May 8, 2014
3. "Nominations" United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 23, 2014
4. "Results of Executive Business Meeting - July 17, 2014" United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
5. "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 284. United States Senate. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
6. "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress - 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 289. United States Senate. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
7. "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

External links

• Brenda K. Sannes at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.