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Tana Lin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington · 2021

Tana Lin, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The Senate voted 52–45 on the nomination on Oct 21, 2021 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    52–45 · Oct 21, 2021

Education

  • Cornell UniversityB.A., 1987
  • New York University School of LawJ.D., 1991

Career

Staff attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1991-1995; Trial attorney, Employment Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1995-1999; senior trial attorney, 1997-1999; Senior trial attorney, Chicago District Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1999-2001; Litigation coordinator, Michigan Poverty Law Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2001-2004; Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 2004-2021; Adjunct profesor, Seattle University School of Law, 2020

Biography

Tana Lin (born 1966) is a Taiwanese-American lawyer who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. She is the first Taiwanese American woman to serve on the district court.

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