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Katherine Marie Menendez
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Active service.
Confirmed 49 to 21Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- September 20, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 3, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 2, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 49 to 21
- Confirmed
- December 18, 2021
- Commissioned
- December 21, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1971, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Sam J. Ervin III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1996-1997
- Office of the Federal Defender for the District of Minnesota, 1997-2016; Soros Justice Fellow, 1997-1999; assistant federal defender, 1999-2016; chief of training, 2006-2016
- Adjunct professor, Hamline University School of Law, 2001-2003
- Adjunct professor, St. Thomas University School of Law, 2003-2005
- Adjunct professor, University of Minnesota School of Law, 2018-
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