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Pamela Chen's Biography

Full Name:

Pamela Ki Mai Chen

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1961

Birth Place:

Chicago, IL

Home City:

Brooklyn, NY

JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1986

BA, University of Michigan, 1983

No political experience information on file.

Member, Criminal Justice Act Felony I Appointment Committee, present

Member, Advisory Committee, Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, Office of Victims of Crime, United States Department of Justice, 2009-2010

Member, Criminal Law Association, New York City Bar Association, 2001-2004

Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2013-present

Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1998-2008, 2009-2013

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, March 3, 2013

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, August 2, 2012

Deputy Commissioner for Enforcement, New York State Division of Human Rights, 2008

Chief, Civil Rights Section, Criminal Division, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, 2006-2007

Deputy Chief, Public Integrity Section, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, 2006-2007

Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, 1998-2007

Chief, Civil Rights Litigation, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, 2003-2006

Employee, Violent Crimes and Terrorism Section, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, 1999-2003

Employee, General Crimes Section, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, 1998-1999

Senior Trial Attorney, Special Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, 1992-1998

Trial Attorney, Special Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, 1991-1992

Associate, Asbill, Junkin, Myers and Buffone, 1989-1991

Associate, Arnold and Porter, 1986-1989

Member, Advisory Board, Freedom Forth, 2009-present

Member, League of Women Voters, New York City, 2003-present

Member, New York State Bar, 2003-present

Member, District of Columbia, 1988-present

Member, Illinois State Bar, 1986-present

Member, Asian American Bar Association of New York, present

Member, Eastern District Association, 1998-present

Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, present

Member, National Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, present

Member, National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association, present

Member, National Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans-gendered Bar Association, present

Member, New York City Bar Association, present

Member, New York Women's Bar Association, present

Co-Chair, National Convention, Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Greater Washington DC Area, 1992

President, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Georgetown University Law Center, 1985-1986

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