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Elizabeth Cheryl Coombe
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- September 9, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 25, 2024
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 21, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 45
- Confirmed
- December 4, 2024
- Commissioned
- December 9, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1967, 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. Diana E. Murphy, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1992-1994
- Staff attorney, Enforcement Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1994-1996
- Trial attorney, National Courts Section, Commercial Litigation Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1997
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1998-2003
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of New York, 2003-2024
- Team leader and Plattsburgh office supervisor, 2011-2012
- Deputy criminal chief, 2012-2014
- Criminal chief, 2014-2018
- First assistant U.S. attorney, 2018-2024
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