Anne M. Nardacci Explained

Anne M. Nardacci
Office:	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Term Start:	December 16, 2022
Appointer:	Joe Biden
Predecessor:	Gary L. Sharpe
Birth Name:	Anne Marie Torrey
Birth Place:	Albany, New York, U.S.
Education:	Georgetown University (BA) Cornell University (JD)

Anne Marie Nardacci (born 1977)^[1] is an American lawyer from New York who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Education

Nardacci received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1998 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2002.^[2]

Career

From 1999 to 2000, Nardacci served on the staff of Congressman Michael McNulty in Washington, D.C.^[3] From 2002 to 2005, Nardacci was an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City. From 2005 to 2022, she worked at the Albany, New York, office of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP; first as an associate from 2005 to 2012, then as a counsel from 2012 to 2020 and as a partner from 2020 to 2022. During her legal career, she specialized in anti-trust law.^[4]

Federal judicial service

On April 27, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Nardacci after she had been recommended by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer^[5] to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. On May 19, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Nardacci to the seat vacated by Judge Gary L. Sharpe, who assumed senior status on January 1, 2016.^[6] On July 27, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[7] Nardacci was given a majority "Qualified" rating by the American Bar Association, but was the first judicial nominee by President Biden to receive "Not Qualified" votes from the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.^[8] On September 15, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–8 vote.^[9] On November 30, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–45 vote.^[10] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 52–44 vote.^[11] She received her judicial commission on December 16, 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 26, 2022.
2. President Biden Names Seventeenth Round of Judicial Nominees . April 27, 2022 . The White House . Washington, D.C. . April 27, 2022.
3. Web site: Reps in Action: Nov. 25, 2021. Press-Republican. 25 November 2021 .
4. Web site: Meet the Nominee: White House's Choice of Anne Nardacci for Northern District Judgeship Has Thrilled Boies Schiller Law Partners .
5. Web site: SCHUMER RECOMMENDS CAPITAL REGION NATIVE ANNE NARDACCI TO SERVE ON THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FEDERAL COURT; IN NARDACCI, SENATOR PICKS PROMINENT ANTITRUST LAWYER KNOWN FOR TAKING ON CORPORATE WRONGDOING & FIGHTING FOR CONSUMER SAFETY | U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York. 15 November 2021 .
6. Three Nominations Sent to the Senate . May 19, 2022. The White House . Washington, D.C. .
7. Web site: Nominations . July 26, 2022 . . Washington, D.C. .
8. Web site: STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY RATINGS OF ARTICLE III AND ARTICLE IV JUDICIAL NOMINEES : 117TH CONGRESS. Americanbar.org. July 27, 2022.
9. Web site: Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 15, 2022. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 15, 2022.
10. Web site: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anne M. Nardacci to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York). United States Senate. November 30, 2022.
11. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Anne M. Nardacci, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York). November 30, 2022. United States Senate. November 30, 2022.