Mia Roberts Perez

Mia Perez
Mia Perez
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 16, 2022
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Timothy J. Savage
Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
	In office; January 2016 – December 16, 2022
Personal details
Born	Mia Roberts; 1981 (age 42–43); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political 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.^[8] On September 7, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[9] On September 28, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–9 vote.^[10] On December 7, 2022, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by a 52–43 vote.^[11] She received her judicial commission on December 16, 2022.^[12]

References

^ "Biden nominates five, including former Philly DA, to federal courts in Pa". MSN. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
^ House, The White (July 12, 2022). "President Biden Names Twenty-First Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ "For Mia Roberts Perez, being judge should not be a retirement job". Al Día News. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ "One Day in Philly: Judge Mia Roberts-Perez". Philadelphia Magazine. November 27, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ "Philly elects a Latina millennial as judge". Al Día News. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^ "2015 Municipal Election - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas - Philadelphia".
^ This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 12, 2022.
^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. August 31, 2022.
^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 29, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Mia Roberts Perez, of Pennsylvania, to U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)". United States Senate. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
^ Mia Roberts Perez at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

Mia Roberts Perez at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Timothy J. Savage	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2022–present	Incumbent

[1] "Biden nominates five, including former Philly DA, to federal courts in Pa". MSN. Retrieved July 13, 2022.

[Questionnaire-2] "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

[3] House, The White (July 12, 2022). "President Biden Names Twenty-First Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[4] "For Mia Roberts Perez, being judge should not be a retirement job". Al Día News. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[5] "One Day in Philly: Judge Mia Roberts-Perez". Philadelphia Magazine. November 27, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[6] "Philly elects a Latina millennial as judge". Al Día News. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[7] "2015 Municipal Election - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas - Philadelphia".

[8] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 12, 2022.

[9] "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. August 31, 2022.

[10] "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 29, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 29, 2022.

[11] "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Mia Roberts Perez, of Pennsylvania, to U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)". United States Senate. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.

[12] Mia Roberts Perez at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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