Evelyn Padin

American judge (born 1960)

Evelyn Padin
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 24, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byFaith S. Hochberg
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationRutgers University, New Brunswick (BA)
Fordham University (MSW)
Seton Hall University (JD)

Evelyn Padin (born 1960) is an American lawyer from New Jersey who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education

Padin was born in 1960 in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University in 1983, her Master of Social Work from Fordham University in 1985, and her Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University in 1992.[2] Between college and law school, from 1985 until 1989, Padin worked as a social worker in New York and New Jersey.[3]

Legal career

Padin started her career as an associate at Linares & Coviello in Bloomfield, New Jersey, from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, she founded her own practice and was the senior managing partner of the Law Offices of Evelyn Padin, where her focus was on criminal defense and personal injury law.[2] Padin served as a municipal court judge in Jersey City in 1998.[4]

Federal judicial service

On November 3, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Padin to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.[2] On December 15, 2021, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Padin to the seat vacated by Judge Faith S. Hochberg, who retired on March 6, 2015.[5] Padin was recommended by Senator Robert Menendez.[6] On March 2, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On April 4, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[8] On May 24, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–39 vote.[9] On May 25, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–43 vote.[10] She received her judicial commission on June 24, 2022.[4] She is the second Latina federal judge for the District of New Jersey.[11]

Memberships

Padin served as the president of the New Jersey State Bar Association from 2019 to 2020.[12][13][dead link] She also previously served as a trustee to the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey and on the Board of Governors for the New Jersey Association for Justice.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "President Biden Names Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Search Results for "Evelyn Padin"". January 6, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Evelyn Padin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  5. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Sammon, Alexander (February 24, 2023). "The Curious Case of Cory Booker's Judicial Appointments". Slate.
  7. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 4, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  9. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Evelyn Padin to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey)". United States Senate. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  10. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey)". United States Senate. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  11. ^ Saulsbery, Gabrielle (November 3, 2021). "Biden nominates two to US District Court for New Jersey". NJBIZ. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  12. ^ "Update: A Brief Survey of Recent Appointments & Nominations to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | Saiber LLC – New Jersey Attorneys at Law". www.saiber.com.
  13. ^ "Evelyn Padin is NJSBA immediate past president".

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
2022–present 		Incumbent