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Kathleen Murray "Katie" O'Sullivan (born August 21, 1969) is a Washington attorney in private practice. In 2018, she was announced as a nominee to become a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington but she was never officially nominated for the position.[1]
Kathleen M. O'Sullivan | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | August 21, 1969 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Yale College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Early life and education edit
O'Sullivan was born on August 21, 1969, in New York City.[2] O'Sullivan received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Yale University in 1991 and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1996.
Career edit
O'Sullivan served as a law clerk to Judge Harold H. Greene of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1996 to 1997 and to Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1998 to 1999.
She is a partner at the Seattle law firm of Perkins Coie, where she specializes in appellate and commercial litigation. She has spent the entirety of her legal career at Perkins Coie, with the exception of the two years she spent clerking. She joined the law firm as an associate in 1997 and was elevated to partner in 2004.[3] She serves on the Council of the American Law Institute.[4]
Failed nomination to district court under Obama edit
On April 14, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated O'Sullivan to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, to the seat vacated by Judge Marsha J. Pechman, who took senior status on February 6, 2016. That nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.[5]
Renomination to district court under Trump edit
On July 13, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intention to re-nominate O'Sullivan to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.[6] President Trump was to nominate O'Sullivan to the same seat.[7] However, due to a dispute with the state's U.S. Senators over the nomination of Eric D. Miller, O'Sullivan's nomination was never submitted to the Senate.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Trump Drops Obama Picks, N.Y., Calif. Names From Judges List". Bloomberg Law. January 23, 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Lawyer Central profile". Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ ""President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Court" White House, April 14, 2016". 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Newly Elected Council Members : The American Law Institute". 2015annualmeeting.org. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ^ ""Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, April 14, 2016". 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Sixteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eleventh Wave of United States Marshal Nominees". whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2018-07-13 – via National Archives.
- ^ "White House Announces Nominees to U.S. District Court for Western District of Washington" (PDF) (Press release). United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. July 16, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "CEG to Murray - Eric D. Miller Nomination" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25.