Veronica M. Sanchez

Veronica M. Sanchez (born January 26, 1974) is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2023.

For the Spanish actress, see Veronica Sanchez.
Veronica Sanchez
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
January 17, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byJohn Ramsey Johnson
Personal details
Born (1974-01-26) January 26, 1974[1]
Managua, Nicaragua
EducationDuke University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Education

Sanchez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1996 and a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 1999.[2]

Career

Sanchez served as a law clerk for Judge Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 1999 to 2001 and Judge Melvin T. Brunetti of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2001 and 2002. From 2002 and 2009, she served as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division. She joined the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and from 2009 to 2023, she was an assistant United States attorney serving as deputy chief of the Major Crimes Section in 2022,[3] and assistant attorney in the Homicide Section.[4]

D.C. superior court

On July 14, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Sanchez to serve as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[4] President Biden nominated Sanchez to the seat vacated by Judge John Ramsey Johnson, whose term expired on May 17, 2019.[5] On September 21, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[6] On September 28, 2022, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by voice vote en bloc, with Senators Rick Scott and Josh Hawley voting "no" on record.[7] On December 15, 2022, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[8] She was sworn in on January 17, 2023.[9]

References
  1. "NOMINATIONS OF COLLEEN J. SHOGAN, VIJAY SHANKER, LAURA E. CRANE, LESLIE A. MEEK, AND VERONICA M. SANCHEZ" (PDF). COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE. September 21, 2022. p. 163. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  2. "Veronica M. Sanchez | jnc". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  3. "Major Crimes Section". www.justice.gov. February 19, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. "President Biden Names Twenty-Third Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  5. "PN2380 - Nomination of Veronica M. Sanchez for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  6. "Nominations of Colleen J. Shogan to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration; Vijay Shanker to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; and Laura E. Crane, Leslie A. Meek, and Veronica M. Sanchez to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. September 21, 2022.
  7. "Memo" (PDF). Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. September 28, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  8. "PN2380 — Veronica M. Sanchez — The Judiciary". congress.gov. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  9. "D.C. Superior Court Welcomes Six New Judges". DC Bar. January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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