Laura Crane

Laura Crane
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 17, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded bySteven N. Berk
Personal details
Born (1981-06-04) June 4, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Rochester, New York, U.S.
EducationDuke University (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (JD)

Laura E. Crane (born June 4, 1981) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2023. Previously she was an assistant United States attorney from 2014 to 2023.

Education

Crane earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish from Duke University in 2003 and a Juris Doctor from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 2009.[2]

Career

From 2010 to 2012, Crane worked as an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City. From 2012 and 2013, she served as a law clerk for Judge James Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was a senior associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in 2013 and 2014. Crane joined the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia as an assistant United States attorney, where she served from 2014 to 2023.[3][4]

D.C. Superior Court service

On July 14, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Crane to be a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[3][5] Biden nominated Crane to the seat vacated by Judge Steven N. Berk, who retired on November 1, 2021.[6] On September 21, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[7] On September 28, 2022, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by voice vote en bloc, with Senators Rick Scott and Josh Hawley voting "no" on record.[8] On December 15, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.[9] She was sworn in on January 17, 2023.[10]

References

  1. ^ "NOMINATIONS OF COLLEEN J. SHOGAN, VIJAY SHANKER, LAURA E. CRANE, LESLIE A. MEEK, AND VERONICA M. SANCHEZ" (PDF). COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE. September 21, 2022. p. 81. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Crane has the ability to look at both sides of the law - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Twenty-Third Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Laura E. Crane | jnc". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. ^ "Biden nominates three new judges to D.C. courts". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  6. ^ "PN2379 - Nomination of Laura E. Crane for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "Nominations of Colleen J. Shogan to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration; Vijay Shanker to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; and Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. Meek, and Veronica M. Sanchez to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. September 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "Memo" (PDF). Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. September 28, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  9. ^ "PN2379 — Laura E. Crane — The Judiciary". congress.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "D.C. Superior Court Welcomes Six New Judges". DC Bar. January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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Preceded by Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
2023–present 		Incumbent


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