Laura Cordero Explained

Laura Cordero
Office1:	Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
President1:	George W. Bush
Term Start1:	September 2, 2005
Predecessor1:	Shellie Fountain Bowers
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Birth Date:	3 January 1965^[1]
Education:	DePaul University (BA) Harvard University (JD)

Laura Alicia Cordero (born January 3, 1965) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.^{[2] [3]}

Education and career

Cordero earned her Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University in 1985, and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1988.^[4]

After graduating, she clerked for Judge James Aubrey Parker of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

D.C. Superior Court

On May 20, 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Cordero to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Her nomination expired on December 8, 2004, with the end of the 108th United States Congress.^[5]

President George W. Bush renominated her on February 14, 2005, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Judge Shellie Fountain Bowers.^[6] On June 15, 2005, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On June 22, 2005, the committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On June 24, 2005, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.^[7] She was sworn in on September 2, 2005.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Security . United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International . Nominations of Hon. Linda M. Springer, Hon. Laura A. Cordero, and Hon. Noel Anketell Kramer: Hearing Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, on the Nominations of Hon. Linda M. Springer, to be Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Hon. Laura A. Cordero, to be Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and Hon. Noel Anketell Kramer, to be Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, June 15, 2005 . Affairs . United States Congress Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental . 2005 . U.S. Government Printing Office . 978-0-16-075147-9 . en.
2. Web site: District of Columbia Superior Court Judges. www.dccourts.gov. December 25, 2019.
3. Web site: Bio . www.dccourts.gov. en. December 25, 2019.
4. Web site: Laura Cordero The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. truman.gov. 2019-12-25.
5. Web site: PN1670 - Nomination of Laura A. Cordero for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004). 2004-12-08. www.congress.gov. 2019-12-25.
6. Web site: Nominations Sent to the Senate. georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2019-12-25.
7. Web site: PN190 - Nomination of Laura A. Cordero for The Judiciary, 109th Congress (2005-2006). 2005-06-24. www.congress.gov. 2019-12-25.
8. Web site: Full Court Press . 2005-12-24. www.dccourts.gov. 2019-12-25.