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Brenda Kay Sannes

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York · 2014

Brenda Kay Sannes , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The Senate voted 96–0 on the nomination on Nov 20, 2014 (Nomination Confirmed). Brenda Kay Sannes (born 1958) is an American lawyer who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. She is a former assistant United States attorney who served from 1988 to 2014.

Senate votes: 1

Senate confirmation votes

United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York
113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed96–0 · Nov 20, 2014

Education

Carleton CollegeB.A., 1980
University of Wisconsin Law SchoolJ.D., 1983

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Jerome Farris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1984-1988; Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1988-1995; high intensity drug trafficking coordinator and deputy chief, Narcotics Section, 1994; Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of New York, 1995-2014; chief, Appellate Division, 2005-2014; Syracuse office manager, 2010-2014; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2026-present

Biography

Brenda Kay Sannes (born 1958) is an American lawyer who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. She is a former assistant United States attorney who served from 1988 to 2014.

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