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Katherine Polk Failla
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 91 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 14, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 91 to 0
- Confirmed
- March 4, 2013
- Commissioned
- March 5, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1969, 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. Joseph E. Irenas, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1993-1994
- Private practice, New York City, 1994-2000
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2000-2013; deputy chief, Criminal Appeals Unit, 2004-2008; chief, Criminal Appeals Unit, 2008-2013
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