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Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Senior status since May 13, 2026.
Confirmed 96 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 5, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 16, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 10, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 96 to 0
- Confirmed
- May 11, 2011
- Commissioned
- May 12, 2011
- Senior status
- Since May 13, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1960, 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
- U.S. Navy, JAG Corps, 1985-1990
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Virginia, 1990-1991
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1991-2005
- U.S. Naval Reserve, JAG Corps, 1992-2005
- Assistant federal public defender, Eastern District of Virginia, 2005-2011; supervisory assistant federal public defender, 2006-2011
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