Todd E. Edelman
Todd Edelman | |
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| Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Cheryl M. Long |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Todd Eric Edelman January 16, 1968[1] St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) New York University (JD) |
Todd Eric Edelman (born January 16, 1968)[2] is an American lawyer serving as an associate judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He is a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Early life and education
Edelman was born in 1968, in St. Louis, Missouri.[3] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1990 from Yale University. He received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1994 from the New York University School of Law.
Career
Edelman began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge William B. Bryant of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, from 1994 to 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he was an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. He worked for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia from 1997 to 2005, during which time he served as a staff attorney for the Trial Division from 1997 to 2001, a supervising attorney for the Trial Division from 2001 to 2002, the chief of the Serious Felony Section from 2002 to 2004, and the training director from 2004 to 2005. From 2005 to 2008, he was of counsel at the law firm Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C. in Washington, D.C. From 2008 to 2010, he was a visiting associate professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has served as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, since 2010.[4]
Expired nomination to the U.S. district court
On April 28, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Edelman 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 Richard W. Roberts, who retired on March 16, 2016. His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.[5]
Renomination to U.S. district court under Biden
On July 29, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Edelman to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[6] On September 27, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Edelman to the seat vacated by Judge Florence Y. Pan, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[7] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On November 15, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8]
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. April 20, 2010. p. 158. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 15, 2022.
- ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire
- ^ "President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on United States District Courts" White House, April 28, 2016
- ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, April 28, 2016
- ^ "President Biden Names Twenty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 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. September 27, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 15, 2022.
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