Myrna Pérez
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Born 1974.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jun 15, 2021
- Senate vote
- 48 to 43
- Confirmed
- Oct 25, 2021
- Commissioned
- Nov 12, 2021
Education
- B.A., Yale College, 1996
- M.P.P., Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, 1998
- J.D., Columbia Law School, 2003
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Anita B. Brody, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2003-2004
- Law clerk, Hon. Julio Fuentes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2004-2005
- Civil rights fellow in private practice, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006
- Brennan Center for Justice at New York UniversitySchool of Law, 2006-2021
- Counsel, 2006-2011
- Senior counsel, 2011-2013
- Deputy director, Democracy Program, 2013-2019
- Director, Voting Rights and Elections Project, 2013-2019
- Director, Voting Rights and Elections Program, 2019-2021
- Adjunct career counselor, Columbia Law School Public Interest Legal Center, 2007-
- Adjunct professor of clinical law, New York University School of Law, 2013-2015
- Lecturer in law, Columbia Law School, 2016-2018, 2020-2021
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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