Nancy Torresen

Nancy Torresen
Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
Incumbent
Assumed office October 4, 2011
Nominated by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	D. Brock Hornby
Personal details
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Jay McCloskey
Residence	Bangor, Maine
Alma mater	Hope College University of Michigan Law School

Nancy Torresen (born 1959) is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maine.^[1] The United States Senate confirmed Torresen by unanimous consent on October 3, 2011.^[2] She received her judicial commission on October 4, 2011.^[3]

Early life and education

Torresen received a B.S. from Hope College in Holland, Michigan in 1981 and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1987.^[4]

Career

Torresen worked as a law clerk for then-District Judge Conrad K. Cyr from 1987 to 1988. Between the years 1988 to 1990, Torresen worked at the law firm of Williams & Connolly, where she was based in Washington, D.C.. In 1990, Torresen joined the United States Attorney's Office in Maine, where she handled civil actions involving United States federal agencies. Between 1994 and 2001, Torresen worked for the appellate section of the criminal division of the Maine Attorney General’s Office, where she was responsible for representing the state of Maine in appeals of serious violent crime convictions. From 2001 until becoming a federal judge in 2011, she worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Bangor and focused on investigating and prosecuting various federal crimes.^[4]

District of Maine nomination

Torresen was nominated to fill the seat of Judge D. Brock Hornby by President Barack Obama on March 2, 2011.^[1] Torresen is the first woman to serve as a federal judge in Maine.^[4]

The United States Senate confirmed Torresen on October 3, 2011.^[5] She received her judicial commission on October 4, 2011.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House Office of the Press Secretary. 2011-03-02. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/03/02/nominations-sent-senate. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
2. ^ http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm
3. ^ http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3390&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na
4. ^ ^{a b c} Judy Harrison, "Bangor attorney Torresen may be first woman to become federal judge in Maine" (March 3, 2011). Bangor Daily News.
5. ^ http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3390&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na
6. ^ http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3390&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na

External links

• Nancy Torresen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Name	Torresen, Nancy
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Date of birth	1959
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