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President Joe Biden has announced his thirteenth round of nominees for federal judicial positions and his first slate of nominations in 2022, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 83.
The choices continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country — both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds.
For example, this slate includes:
- A nominee who would be the first Bangladeshi-American, the first Muslim-American woman, and only the second Muslim-American person to serve as a federal judge.
- A nominee who would be the first African-American woman—and the first woman of color—ever to serve on the Third Circuit.
- A nominee who would be the first Latina ever to serve on the Eastern District of California and the second Hispanic judge actively serving on that court.
- A nominee who immigrated from Taiwan as a child and would be the second Asian-American person to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado—the first being President Biden’s nominee, Judge Regina Rodriguez, who was confirmed in June 2021.
President Biden has spent decades committed to strengthening the federal bench, which is why he continues to move rapidly to fill judicial vacancies. And he has won confirmation of the most lower court judges for the first year of a presidency since the Kennedy Administration.
CIRCUIT COURT
Arianna J. Freeman: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Arianna J. Freeman is a Managing Attorney with the Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, a position she has held since 2016. Ms. Freeman has worked at the Federal Community Defender Office since 2009, including as an Assistant Federal Defender in the Non-Capital Habeas Unit from 2014 to 2016, and as a Research and Writing Specialist from 2009 to 2014.
DISTRICT COURT
Tiffany M. Cartwright: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Tiffany M. Cartwright has been a partner at the civil rights law firm MacDonald Hoague & Bayless since 2018. Ms. Cartwright was an associate at the firm from 2014 to 2018. She was previously an associate at Jenner & Block LLP from 2012 to 2014.
Nusrat Jahan Choudhury: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Nusrat Jahan Choudhury has served as the Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois since 2020. From 2008 to 2020, Ms. Choudhury held numerous positions with the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, last serving as the Deputy Director of the Racial Justice Program from 2018 to 2020. Ms. Choudhury also served as a Senior Staff Attorney for the Racial Justice Program from 2016 to 2018, a Staff Attorney for the Racial Justice Program from 2013 to 2016, a Staff Attorney for the National Security Project from 2009 to 2013, and a Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellow with the Racial Justice Program from 2008 to 2009.
Judge Ana Isabel de Alba: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Judge Ana Isabel de Alba has served as a California Superior Court Judge on the Superior Court of Fresno County since 2018. From 2013 to 2018, Judge de Alba was a partner at Lang Richet & Patch. Judge de Alba was previously an associate at the firm from 2007 to 2013. y of California, Berkeley in 2002.
Robert Steven Huie: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Robert Steven Huie has been an attorney at Jones Day since 2020. From 2008 to 2020, Mr. Huie served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Huie served as a legal advisor to the United States Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training.
Natasha C. Merle: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Natasha C. Merle has served as Deputy Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. since 2021. Ms. Merle previously served as Assistant Counsel and then Senior Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. from 2016 to 2021. From 2013 to 2015, Ms. Merle was a litigation associate and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Fellow at Fried, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP Frank in New York.
Jennifer H. Rearden: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jennifer H. Rearden has been a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP since 2006. Ms. Rearden is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation and Crisis Management Practice Groups and formerly a Co-Chair of the Firm’s Electronic Discovery and Information Law Practice Group. Ms. Rearden was an associate at the firm from 2003 to 2005.
Judge Nina Nin-Yuen Wang: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Judge Nina Nin-Yuen Wang has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Colorado since 2015. Judge Wang was previously a partner at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP from 2008 to 2015. She was an associate at the firm from 2004 to 2008. From 2000 to 2004, Judge Wang served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.
