LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall

LaShann DeArcy Hall

Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office November 17, 2015
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Nicholas Garaufis
Personal details
Born	LaShann Moutique DeArcy 1970 (age 45–46) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Antioch College Howard University

LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall, also known as LaShann DeArcy, (born 1970) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Biography

DeArcy Hall received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch College. She received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2000 from Howard University School of Law. She served in the United States Air Force, from 1995 to 1997. She worked as an associate at the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, from 2000 to 2005 and at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, from 2005 to 2010. She was formerly a partner at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster where she served as a commercial litigation trial lawyer. She served as a Commissioner on the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics from 2012 to 2014. From 2011 to 2015, she served as a Commissioner of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Federal judicial service

On November 12, 2014, President Obama nominated DeArcy Hall to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who took senior status on October 1, 2014.^[4]^[5]

On December 16, 2014 her nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress. On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated her to the same position.^[6] She received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2015.^[7] On June 4, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.^[8] On November 16, 2015 the United States Senate voted in favor of final confirmation by a vote of 93-1.^[9] She received her judicial commission on November 17, 2015.

References

External links

LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Nicholas Garaufis	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 2015–present	Incumbent

Currently active district judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Connecticut	Hall Chatigny Thompson Underhill Bryant Shea Meyer Bolden

E. New York	Irizarry Bianco Vitaliano Cogan Mauskopf Matsumoto Kuntz Brodie Chen Azrack Donnelly Hall 3 seats vacant

N. New York	Suddaby Hurd D'Agostino Sannes 1 seat vacant

S. New York	McMahon Preska Koeltl Pauley Daniels Swain Castel Karas Sullivan Seibel Gardephe Briccetti Oetken Engelmayer Forrest Nathan Ramos Carter Furman Abrams Schofield Failla Torres Roman Broderick Woods Caproni 1 seat vacant

W. New York	Geraci Wolford Vilardo 1 seat vacant

Vermont	Reiss Crawford

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