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Nancy Torresen

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. Senior status since October 11, 2025.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
March 2, 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
May 4, 2011
Committee action
Reported (favorably), May 26, 2011
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
October 3, 2011
Commissioned
October 4, 2011
Senior status
Since October 11, 2025
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1959, 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. Conrad K. Cyr, U.S. District Court, District of Maine, 1987-1988
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1988-1990
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Maine, 1990-1994, 2001-2011
  • Assistant attorney general, State of Maine, 1994-2001
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2017-2021

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