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Orelia Eleta Merchant
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · 2023
Orelia Eleta Merchant, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Senate voted 51–48 on the nomination on May 3, 2023 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed51–48 · May 3, 2023
Education
- Dillard UniversityB.S., 1992
- College of William and MaryM.A., 1995
- Tulane University Law SchoolJ.D., 1998
Career
Assistant regional counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, Illinois, 1998-2000, 2001-2002; Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2000-2001; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 2002-2019; Civil Division, 2002-2016; executive assistant U.S. attorney, 2016-2019; Chief deputy attorney general for state counsel, State of New York, 2019-2023
Biography
Orelia Eleta Merchant (born 1971) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She previously served as chief deputy attorney general for state counsel in the New York Attorney General's Office.
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