Brenda Kay Sannes
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Born 1958.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- May 8, 2014
- Senate vote
- 96 to 0
- Confirmed
- Nov 20, 2014
- Commissioned
- Nov 21, 2014
Education
- B.A., Carleton College, 1980
- J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1983
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Jerome Farris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1984-1988
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1988-1995
- high intensity drug trafficking coordinator and deputy chief, Narcotics Section, 1994
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of New York, 1995-2014
- chief, Appellate Division, 2005-2014
- Syracuse office manager, 2010-2014
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2026-present
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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