Aileen Cannon
Aileen Mercedes Cannon (born 1981)[1] is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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Born | 1981 (age 38–39) Cali, Colombia |
Education | Duke University (BA) University of Michigan Law School (JD) |
Biography
Cannon received a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University. She received a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Steven Colloton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Cannon worked as an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and currently serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.[2]
Nomination to district court
On April 29, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Cannon to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[2] On May 21, 2020, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate. She has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Kenneth Marra who assumed senior status on August 1, 2017.[3] Her nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A hearing on her nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on July 29, 2020.[4]
References
- United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Aileen Cannon
- "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. April 29, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "Ten Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, May 21, 2020
- Nominations for July 29, 2020