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Sparkle Leah Sooknanan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 2024–2025
Sparkle Leah Sooknanan, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Senate voted 50–48 on the nomination on Dec 3, 2024 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed50–48 · Dec 3, 2024
Education
- St. Francis CollegeB.S., 2002
- Hofstra UniversityM.B.A., 2003
- Brooklyn Law SchoolJ.D., 2010
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Eric N. Vitaliano, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2010-2011; Law clerk, Hon. Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2011-2012; Attorney, appellate staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2012-2013; Law clerk, Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court of the United States, 2013-2014; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2014-2021; Deputy associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2021-2023; Principal deputy assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2023-2024
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From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.
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