Menendez Confirmed to US District Court

(KNSI) – The United States Senate has confirmed Judge Kate Menendez to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Upon Judge Menendez’s confirmation, US Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)issued the following statement: “Judge Menendez has dedicated her career to making our state a more just place. Having served for five years as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, I am confident that her extensive qualifications will make her an excellent U.S. District Court Judge. I fought hard to move her nomination quickly through the Senate, and I am grateful to my colleagues for their support for Judge Menendez.”.

US Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) was also pleased with the selection. “As a public defender, law professor, and magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, Judge Menendez has demonstrated a deep commitment to equal justice. I am confident she will continue serving Minnesota well on this court.”

Menendez, a 1996 graduate of New York University School of Law, is currently a magistrate judge on the US District Court. Before that, she served as a federal public defender, as well as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School, Hamline University School of Law, and St. Thomas University School of Law. Menendez was recommended to the post by a committee from the Minnesota legal community.

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