Hernán D. Vera

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Hernán D. Vera
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Assumed office
June 15, 2023
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byMargaret M. Morrow
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
In office
November 13, 2020 – June 15, 2023
Appointed byGavin Newsom
Preceded byElizabeth R. Feffer
Succeeded byParis G. Lewis[1]
Personal details
Born
Hernán Diego Vera[2]

1970 (age 53–54)
Escondido, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[3]
EducationStanford University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

Hernán Diego Vera (born 1970) is an American judge from California who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2020 to 2023.

Early life and education[edit]

Vera was born in 1970 in Escondido, California.[4] He received his Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from Stanford University in 1991 and his Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law in 1994.[5]

Career[edit]

Vera served as a law clerk for Judge Consuelo Bland Marshall of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1995 to 1996. He worked as a staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund from 1996 to 1997. From 1994 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 2002, Vera worked as an associate and counsel at O'Melveny & Myers. From 2002 to 2014, he worked for Public Counsel, the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the nation, first as a directing attorney and later as president and CEO. Later, from 2015 to 2020 he was a principal at Bird Marella P.C.[5] On November 13, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Vera to be a Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Elizabeth R. Feffer.[3][6] He left in 2023 to become a federal judge.

Federal judicial service[edit]

On September 8, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Vera to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On September 20, 2021, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Vera to the seat vacated by Judge Margaret M. Morrow, who assumed senior status on October 29, 2015.[7] On October 20, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8] On December 2, 2021, the committee failed to report his nomination by an 11–11 vote.[9] On January 3, 2022, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[10] he was renominated the same day.[11] On January 20, 2022, the committee again failed to report his nomination by an 11–11 vote.[12][13] On June 22, 2022, the Senate discharged the committee from further consideration of his nomination by a 50–47 vote.[14] On January 3, 2023, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the Senate; he was renominated later the same day.[15] On February 9, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.[16] On June 13, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 51–48 vote.[17] Later that same day, his nomination was confirmed by a 51–48 vote.[18][19] He received his judicial commission on June 15, 2023.[20]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Governor Newsom Announces Judicial Appointments 1.29.24".
  2. ^ "Supreme Court Appoints Miriam Krinsky and Hernán Vera to the State Bar Board of Trustees". California Courts. August 26, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Governor Newsom Appoints 19 Superior Court Judges 11.13.20" (Press release). Office of Governor Gavin Newsom. November 13, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "President Biden Names Seventh Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "Governor Newsom Appoints Principal Hernán Vera as Superior Court Judge". www.birdmarella.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 20, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "PN1170 – Nomination of Hernan D. Vera for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  11. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  12. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 20, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  13. ^ Raymond, Nate (January 10, 2022). "U.S. Senate confirms 9th Circuit nominee; panel deadlocks on 3 Biden judicial picks". Reuters. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  14. ^ "Question: On the Motion to Discharge (Motion to Discharge: Hernan D. Vera, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, from the Committee on the Judiciary)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  15. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
  16. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  17. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hernan D. Vera to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  18. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Hernan D. Vera, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  19. ^ Cohen, Olivia (June 13, 2023). "Vera Confirmed as US Trial Judge in California After Long Wait". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  20. ^ Hernán D. Vera at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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