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Tana Lin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- April 29, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 9, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 15, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 45
- Confirmed
- October 21, 2021
- Commissioned
- November 23, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1966, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Staff attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1991-1995
- Trial attorney, Employment Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1995-1999; senior trial attorney, 1997-1999
- Senior trial attorney, Chicago District Office, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1999-2001
- Litigation coordinator, Michigan Poverty Law Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2001-2004
- Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 2004-2021
- Adjunct profesor, Seattle University School of Law, 2020
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