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Analisa Torres
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2013 - Present
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Analisa Torres is a judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She joined the court in 2013 after a nomination from Barack Obama. At the time of nomination, Torres was a justice of the Supreme Court 1st Judicial District of New York. She was elected to this position on November 8, 2011, for a 14-year term.[1]
Education
Torres received her A.B. degree from Harvard College in 1981 and her J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law in 1984.[2]
Professional career
- 2011-2013: Justice, New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District
- 2004-2011: Acting justice, New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District
- 2002-2004: Judge, New York City Civil Court
- 2000-2002: Judge, New York City Criminal Court
- 1992-1999: Law clerk to Justice Elliott Wilk
- 1993-1995: City planning commissioner
- 1988-1992: Associate, Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler
- 1987-1988: Teacher, De La Salle Academy
- 1985-1987: Associate, Coudert Brothers[2][3][4]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Analisa Torres |
| Court: Southern District of New York |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 154 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: November 15, 2012
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: January 23, 2013
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| QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: February 14, 2013
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| Confirmed: April 18, 2013
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Torres was nominated on November 15, 2012, by Barack Obama to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Naomi Buchwald.[4]
Torres' nomination was returned to the president on January 3, 2013. The nomination was resubmitted on January 4, 2013.[5]
Torres was rated Unanimously Qualified by the American Bar Association. She had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 23, 2013 and you can find her Committee Questionnaire available here and her Questions for the Record available here.[5]
On April 18, 2013, the United States Senate confirmed Analisa Torres to an Article III post for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with a voice vote.[5][6]
Elections
2011
Torres was elected to be a New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District justice without opposition on November 8, 2011. She was one of five candidates running for five seats on the court and received 19.8 percent of the vote.[7][8]
- See also: New York judicial elections, 2011
Noteworthy cases
Yang v. New York State Board of Elections (2020)
Yang v. New York State Board of Elections: On May 5, 2020, Judge Analisa Torres, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, ordered the New York State Board of Elections to reinstate the Democratic presidential preference primary, which the board had previously canceled, on June 23, 2020. The order came as the result of a lawsuit filed on April 28, 2020, by Andrew Yang, a former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, and several candidates for New York's delegation to the Democratic National Convention. In their formal complaint, the plaintiffs alleged that "this unprecedented and unwarranted move infringes the rights of Plaintiffs and all New York State Democratic Party voters ... as it fundamentally denies them the right to choose our next candidate for the office of President of the United States."[9][10]
In her ruling, Torres sided with the plaintiffs, writing, "[T]he removal of presidential candidates from the primary ballot not only deprived those candidates of the chance to garner votes for the Democratic Party's nomination, but also deprived their pledged delegates of the opportunity to run for a position where they could influence the party platform, vote on party governance issues, pressure the eventual nominee on matters of personnel or policy, and react to unexpected developments at the Convention." The full text of the order can be accessed here.[10][11]
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- New York County, New York
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Biography of Analisa Torres from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 New York Courts, "Official biography of the Hon. Analisa Torres," accessed July 17, 2015
- ↑ New York County Supreme Court, "Judicial directory, Criminal Term," accessed July 17, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The White House, "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate," November 14, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Senate Judiciary Committee, "113th Congress Nomination Materials," accessed April 25, 2014
- ↑ United States Senate, "United States Periodic Press Gallery," accessed July 17, 2015
- ↑ Board of Elections in the City of New York, "The Contest List - General Election 2011," accessed July 17, 2015
- ↑ New York Daily News, "New York City 2011 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed July 17, 2015
- ↑ United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, "Yang v. New York State Board of Elections: Complaint," April 28, 2020
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, "Yang v. Kellner: Opinion and Order," May 5, 2020
- ↑ Politico, "Judge reinstates New York’s Democratic presidential primary," May 5, 2020
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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 2013-Present |
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Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York
