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Susan Richard Nelson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Senior status since December 31, 2021.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- April 21, 2010
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 13, 2010
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 10, 2010
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 17, 2010
- Commissioned
- December 21, 2010
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1952, 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
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1978-1980
- Private practice, New Haven, Connecticut, 1980-1983
- Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1984-2000
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