Stacey D. Neumann Explained

Stacey D. Neumann
Office:	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
Status:	Designate
Term Start:	TBD
Appointer:	Joe Biden
Succeeding:	Jon D. Levy
Predecessor:	Jon D. Levy
Birth Place:	Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education:	James Madison University (BA) Cornell University (JD)

Stacey Diane Neumann (born 1978)^[1] is an American lawyer who is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.

Education

Neumann received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from James Madison University in 2000 and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Cornell Law School in 2005.^[2]

Career

From 2005 to 2006, Neumann was a law clerk to Associate Justice John A. Dooley of the Vermont Supreme Court and from 2006 to 2007, she was a law clerk for Judge Peter W. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. From 2007 to 2009, she was a staff attorney at the Vermont Office of the Defender General in Chittenden County. From 2009 to 2013, Neumann served as a special assistant U.S. attorney and then an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maine. Since 2013, she has worked in private practice at Murray, Plumb & Murray in Portland, where her focus is on employment law; she has been a partner with the firm since 2017. In 2023, she was named by the United States Sentencing Commission to the Practitioners Advisory Group.^[3]

Nomination to district court

On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Neumann to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.^[4] On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Neumann to the seat being vacated by Judge Jon D. Levy, who subsequently assumed senior status on May 6, 2024.^[5] On May 22, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[6] On July 11, 2024, her nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by an 13–8 vote.^[7] On July 30, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–41 vote.^[8] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–43 vote.^[9] She is awaiting her judicial commission.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. May 21, 2024.
2. President Biden Names Forty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees . April 24, 2024 . The White House . Washington, D.C. . April 24, 2024.
3. Web site: February 2, 2023 . Neumann appointed by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to serve on Practitioners Advisory Group . April 24, 2024 . Bangor Daily News . en-US.
4. Web site: Kobin . Billy . April 24, 2024 . President Joe Biden nominates Maine attorney to become federal judge . April 24, 2024 . Bangor Daily News . en-US.
5. Web site: April 30, 2024 . PN1654 — Stacey D. Neumann — The Judiciary . May 1, 2024 . congress.gov.
6. Web site: Nominations. May 21, 2024. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Washington, D.C..
7. Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Eight Judicial Nominations To The Full Senate . July 11, 2024 . United State Senate Committee on the Judiciary . July 11, 2024.
8. Web site: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stacey D. Neumann to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine). United States Senate. July 30, 2024. July 30, 2024.
9. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stacey D. Neumann, of Maine, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine). United States Senate. July 30, 2024. July 30, 2024.