Stacey D. Neumann | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine | |
| Assumed office August 22, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Jon D. Levy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1978 (age 46–47) Natick,Massachusetts,U.S. |
| Education | James Madison University (BA) Cornell University (JD) |
Stacey Diane Neumann (born 1978) [1] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
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]
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. From 2013 to 2024,she worked in private practice at Murray,Plumb &Murray in Portland,where her focus was on employment law;she was a partner with the firm from 2017 to 2024. [2] In 2023,she was named by the United States Sentencing Commission to the Practitioners Advisory Group. [3]
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 reported out of committee by a 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 received her judicial commission on August 22,2024. [10] She was sworn in on August 26,2024. [11]
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