Indira Talwani (born October 6, 1960) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Biography
Talwani received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1982, from Radcliffe College. She received a Juris Doctor in 1988 from UC Berkeley School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif.[1] She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Stanley Alexander Weigel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 1988 to 1989. She served as an associate at the San Francisco, California, law firm of Altshuler Berzon LLP, from 1989 to 1995 and as a partner at that law firm, from 1996 to 1999. From 1999 to 2014, she served as a partner at the Boston, Massachusetts, law firm of Segal Roitman LLP, where she focused her practice on civil litigation at the state and federal trial court and appellate levels.[2][3]
Federal judicial service
On September 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Talwani to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to the seat vacated by Judge Mark L. Wolf, who assumed senior status on January 1, 2013.[4] On February 6, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee.[5] Cloture was filed on her nomination on May 6, 2014.[6] On May 8, 2014, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 55–41 vote.[7] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 94–0 vote.[8] She received her judicial commission on May 12, 2014.[3]
Talwani presided over the sentencing of many parents involved in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, including actress Felicity Huffman. Talwani sentenced Huffman to 14 days in prison, 1 year supervised release, a $30,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service after Huffman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and honest services mail fraud for her role in the scandal. Huffman served 11 out of her 14 days.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Biography at Segal Roitman LLP". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ^ "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 24 September 2013 – via National Archives.
- ^ a b Indira Talwani at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 24 September 2013 – via National Archives.
- ^ "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Cloture filed on 4 judicial nominations (Talwani, Peterson, Rosenstengal, Rosenbaum)". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "First Parent in College Admissions Case Sentenced to Prison". 13 September 2019.
External links
- Indira Talwani at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Indira Talwani at Ballotpedia