Tessa M. Gorman

Tessa M. Gorman
Personal details
Education Yale College (BA)
UC Berkeley School of Law (JD)

Tessa M. Gorman is an American lawyer from Washington. Currently serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, she has been nominated to become a United States District Judge of the same court.

Education

Gorman earned her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, where she was a member of the varsity track and field team, and her Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law, where she served as an editor of the California Law Review.[1]

After graduating from law school, Gorman served as a law clerk to Judge Douglas P. Woodlock of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

After completing her clerkship, Gorman served as an Honors Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division, assigned to the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Section. She currently serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, where she serves as the Chief of the Office's Criminal Division.[1]

Nomination to district court

On July 13, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Gorman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.[2] President Trump nominated Gorman to the seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington vacated by Judge Robert S. Lasnik, who took senior status on January 27, 2016.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Sixteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eleventh Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, July 13, 2018 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ Pacheco-Flores, Agueda (July 13, 2018). "Three Seattle attorneys nominated for federal judgeships, appellate court". Seattle Times. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "White House Announces Nominees to U.S. District Court for Western District of Washington" (PDF) (Press release). United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.


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