Amit Priyavadan Mehta
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Born 1971.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jul 31, 2014
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Dec 16, 2014
- Commissioned
- Dec 19, 2014
Other federal judicial service
- Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2021-present
Education
- B.A., Georgetown University, 1993
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1997
Career
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1997-1998
- Law clerk, Hon. Susan P. Graber, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1999-2002, 2007-2014
- Staff attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 2002-2007
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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