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Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia · 2011
Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Senate voted 96–0 on the nomination on May 11, 2011 (Nomination Confirmed). Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen (born December 9, 1960) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She formerly worked as an assistant United States attorney and a federal public defender in Norfolk, Virginia.
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- United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
112th Congress · Nomination Confirmed96–0 · May 11, 2011
Education
- Kutztown State College (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)B.A., 1982
- North Carolina Central University School of LawJ.D., 1985
Career
U.S. Navy, JAG Corps, 1985-1990; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Virginia, 1990-1991; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1991-2005; U.S. Naval Reserve, JAG Corps, 1992-2005; Assistant federal public defender, Eastern District of Virginia, 2005-2011; supervisory assistant federal public defender, 2006-2011
Biography
Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen (born December 9, 1960) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She formerly worked as an assistant United States attorney and a federal public defender in Norfolk, Virginia.
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