Nina Nin-Yuen Wang (born 1972)[1] is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Early life and education
Wang is an immigrant from Taiwan.[2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Washington University in St. Louis in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1997.[3]
Career
Wang began her career as an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. From 1999 to 2000, Wang served as a law clerk for Judge Peter J. Messitte of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. From 2000 to 2004, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. She was an associate at Faegre Drinker from 2004 to 2008 and partner until 2015.[3] In private practice, Wang focused on copyright and intellectual property law.[4]
Wang cofounded the Colorado Pro Bono Patent Initiative. She also previously served as president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado.[5]
Federal judicial service
Wang served as a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado from February 9, 2015, to July 22, 2022.[6]
On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Wang to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. President Biden nominated Wang to the seat being vacated by Judge Christine Arguello, who subsequently assumed senior status on July 15, 2022.[7] On May 25, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8] On June 16, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–8 vote.[9] On July 18, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–33 vote.[10] On July 19, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 58–36 vote.[11] She received her judicial commission on July 22, 2022.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ Karlik, Michael (January 19, 2022). "Biden names magistrate judge Nina Wang as judicial nominee". Colorado Politics. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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- ^ "Bennet, Hickenlooper send recommendations to White House for court vacancy". May 30, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado's U.S. Senators recommend three candidates to Biden for vacancy on Denver's federal bench". May 21, 2021.
- ^ "Nina Y. Wang". United States Courts. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 19, 2022.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. May 23, 2022.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 16, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nina Nin-Yuen Wang to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado)". United States Senate. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Nina Nin-Yuen Wang, of Colorado, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado)". United States Senate. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
- ^ Nina Y. Wang at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Nina Y. Wang at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.