10-737: Judge Morrison may refer to: Nina Morrison (judge) (born 1970), judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Richard T. Morrison (born 1967), judge of the United States Tax Court Sarah D. Morrison (born 1970), judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio See also [ edit ] Justice Morrison (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
20-684: A United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York . President Biden nominated Morrison to the seat vacated by Judge Dora Irizarry , who assumed senior status on January 26, 2020. On February 16, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee . During her hearing, Morrison was questioned by several Republican senators over her understanding of criminal statutes and her past support for progressive prosecutors. On March 10, 2022, her nomination
30-581: Is Larry Krasner . The district attorney represents the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City & County of Philadelphia in all criminal and other prosecutions. The district attorney is an elected office , and terms begin on the first Monday in January following the election. Prior to 1850, the functions of this office were performed by a deputy state attorney-general. An Act of 3 May 1850 P.L. 654 authorized
40-555: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nina Morrison (judge) Nina Rauh Morrison (born 1970) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York . As part of her work for the Innocence Project , she had been lead or co-counsel in cases that have freed more than 30 wrongly convicted people from prison and death row . Morrison
50-498: Is the second openly LGBTQ judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. District Attorney of Philadelphia The office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia is the largest prosecutor's office in the state of Pennsylvania and oversees a jurisdiction that includes more than 1.5 million citizens of both the city and county of Philadelphia . The current District Attorney of Philadelphia
60-551: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998 to 1999. She was then an associate at Emery, Celli, Brinckerhoff & Abady from 1999 to 2001 focusing on civil rights law . She joined the Innocence Project in 2002, where she served as executive director until 2004, leading the organization's transition from a law school clinic to an independent nonprofit organization. As senior litigation counsel at
70-654: The Innocence Project, Morrison served as lead or co-counsel in cases that freed more than 30 wrongly convicted people from prison and death row . From 2002 to 2016, she was an adjunct professor of law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University . In 2017, Morrison served as an advisor to the transition committees for District Attorney of Philadelphia Larry Krasner and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in 2020. On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Morrison to serve as
80-468: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Judge Morrison . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judge_Morrison&oldid=1224382271 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-609: Was born in 1970 in New York City . She received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1992 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1998. From 1992 to 1995, Morrison was an investigator with the California appellate projects , which represents California's death row inmates in post-conviction proceedings. Morrison began her legal career as a law clerk for Judge Pierre N. Leval of
100-640: Was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On May 24, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–41 vote. On June 8, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 53–46 vote. She received her judicial commission on August 11, 2022. Morrison's father, Alan Morrison , is a lawyer and academic has been the Public Interest Dean of the George Washington University Law School since 2009. Morrison
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