Mia Roberts Perez Explained

Mia Perez
Office:	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Term Start:	December 16, 2022
Appointer:	Joe Biden
Predecessor:	Timothy J. Savage
Office1:	Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Term Start1:	January 2016
Term End1:	December 16, 2022
Birth Name:	Mia Roberts
Party:	Democratic
Education:	Tufts University (BA) Temple University (JD)

Mia Roberts Perez (born 1981)^{[1] [2]} is an American attorney who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She previously served as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas from 2016 to 2022.

Education

Perez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 2003 and a Juris Doctor from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2006.^[3]

Career

From 2006 to 2010, Perez worked as an assistant public defender for the Defender Association of Philadelphia.^{[4] [5]} From 2010 to 2011, Perez was an associate at Friedman Schuman in Philadelphia. From 2011 to 2016, she operated her own law firm, Perez Law LLC, in Philadelphia. Perez was elected to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in 2015.^{[6] [7]}

Federal judicial service

On July 12, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Perez to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. President Biden nominated Perez to the seat vacated by Judge Timothy J. Savage, who assumed senior status on March 1, 2021. On September 7, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[8] On September 28, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–9 vote.^[9] On December 7, 2022, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by a 52–43 vote.^[10] She received her judicial commission on December 16, 2022.

See also

• List of African-American federal judges
• List of African-American jurists
• List of Asian American jurists
• List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biden nominates five, including former Philly DA, to federal courts in Pa.. July 13, 2022. MSN. en-US.
2. Web site: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. August 31, 2022.
3. Web site: House . The White . July 12, 2022 . President Biden Names Twenty-First Round of Judicial Nominees . July 12, 2022 . The White House . en-US.
4. Web site: For Mia Roberts Perez, being judge should not be a retirement job . July 12, 2022 . Al Día News . en.
5. Web site: November 27, 2018 . One Day in Philly: Judge Mia Roberts-Perez . July 12, 2022 . Philadelphia Magazine . en-US.
6. Web site: Philly elects a Latina millennial as judge . July 12, 2022 . Al Día News . en.
7. Web site: 2015 Municipal Election - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas - Philadelphia .
8. Web site: Nominations. August 31, 2022. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Washington, D.C..
9. Web site: Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 29, 2022. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 29, 2022.
10. Web site: December 7, 2022. On the Nomination (Confirmation: Mia Roberts Perez, of Pennsylvania, to U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania). December 7, 2022. United States Senate.