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Natasha Clarise Merle

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · 2023

Natasha Clarise Merle, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Senate voted 50–49 on the nomination on Jun 21, 2023 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
    118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    50–49 · Jun 21, 2023

Education

  • University of TexasB.A., 2005
  • New York University School of LawJ.D., 2008

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Robert L. Carter, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2008-2009; Staff attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow, Gulf Region Advocacy Center, Houston, Texas, 2009-2011; Assistant federal public defender, Capital Habeas Unit, District of Arizona, 2011-2012; Law clerk, Hon. John Gleeson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2012-2013; Private practice and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Fellow, New York City, 2013-2015; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 2016-2023; fellow, 2016-2018; assistant counsel, 2018; senior counsel, 2018-2021; deputy director of litigation, 2021-2023; Adjunct professor of clinical law, New York University School of Law, 2019-2020; Lecturer in law, Columbia Law School, 2020-2021

Biography

Natasha Clarise Merle (born 1983) is an American lawyer from New York who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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