Ana de Alba

Ana Isabel de Alba (born 1979)[1] is an American attorney who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Ana de Alba
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Assumed office
July 7, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byMorrison C. England Jr.
Judge of the Fresno County Superior Court
In office
October 11, 2018 – July 7, 2022
Appointed byJerry Brown
Preceded byDale Ikeda
Succeeded byGeoffrey Wilson
Personal details
Born1979 (age 43–44)
Merced, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, JD)

Early life and education

de Alba was born in Merced and raised in Dos Palos, California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 2007.[2]

Career

de Alba worked with the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project in San Francisco, California, in 2007.[3] From 2007 to 2013, de Alba was an associate at Lang Richet & Patch in Fresno. In 2013, she was promoted to partner, where her practice focused on torts, employment law, and construction law.[4] In October 2018, Governor Jerry Brown appointed her as a judge of the Fresno County Superior Court to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Judge Dale Ikeda.[5]

Federal judicial service

On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated de Alba to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.[4] President Biden nominated her to the seat vacated by Judge Morrison C. England Jr., who assumed senior status on December 17, 2019.[6] On April 27, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the committee.[7] On May 26, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[8] On June 16, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–43 vote.[9] On June 21, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 53–45 vote.[10] She received her judicial commission on July 7, 2022,[11][12] and was sworn in on July 8.[13]

Personal life

de Alba is a Democrat.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  2. "Meet Ana de Alba: She broke our hearts in 3 minutes flat – OneJustice". Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  3. "Ana de Alba Appointed to State Bar Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services". June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017.
  4. "President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Governor Brown Appoints 33 Superior Court Judges". October 11, 2018. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 19, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. April 25, 2022.
  8. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 26, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  9. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ana Isabel de Alba to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of California)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  10. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Ana Isabel de Alba, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California)". United States Senate. June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  11. Ana de Alba at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  12. "UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE ANA I. DE ALBA (ADA)". United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  13. Esparza Loera, Juan (July 11, 2022). "It's official. Daughter of California farmworkers makes U.S. District Court history". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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