Brenda K. Sannes

Brenda Kay Sannes
Sannes in 2014
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 31, 2022
Preceded byGlenn T. Suddaby
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 21, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byNorman A. Mordue
Personal details
Born (1958-08-24) August 24, 1958 (age 66)
Billings, Montana, U.S.
EducationCarleton College (BA)
University of Wisconsin (JD)

Brenda Kay Sannes (born August 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. She is a former assistant United States attorney who served from 1988 to 2014.

Biography

Sannes received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1980 from Carleton College. She received a Juris Doctor in 1983 from the University of Wisconsin Law School. She served as a law clerk to Judge 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. 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][2]

Federal judicial service

On May 8, 2014, President Barack 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 assumed senior status on June 30, 2013.[3] She received a hearing on her nomination on June 24, 2014.[4] On July 17, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[5] On November 18, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on her nomination. On November 19, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 55–42 vote.[6] On November 20, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a 96–0 vote.[7] She received her judicial commission on November 21, 2014.[2] Sannes became chief judge on August 31, 2022.[8]

References

  1. ^ "President Obama Nominates Brenda K. Sannes to Serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York". whitehouse.gov. 8 May 2014 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ a b Brenda K. Sannes at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 8 May 2014 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. 24 June 2014.
  5. ^ ""Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 17, 2014" United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" (PDF).
  6. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Brenda K. Sannes, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  7. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Brenda K. Sannes, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ^ @usdcnynd (August 31, 2022). "The Court thanks Chief Judge Glenn T. Suddaby for his 7 years of service as Chief Judge and welcomes new Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes, who will become the tenth chief judge and the first female chief judge for the NDNY" (Tweet). Retrieved September 6, 2022 – via Twitter.
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
2014–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
2022–present