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== Career ==
== Career ==


Vera served as a law clerk for Judge [[Consuelo B. 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 (commercial law)|principal]] at Bird Marella P.C.<ref name="WHBio" /> 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.<ref name="Appointment"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor Newsom Appoints Principal Hernán Vera as Superior Court Judge |url=https://www.birdmarella.com/2020/11/governor-newsom-appoints-principal-hernan-vera-as-superior-court-judge/ |access-date=September 8, 2021 |website=www.birdmarella.com}}</ref>
Vera served as a law clerk for Judge [[Consuelo B. 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 (commercial law)|principal]] at Bird Marella P.C.<ref name="WHBio" /> On November 13, 2020, 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.<ref name="Appointment"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor Newsom Appoints Principal Hernán Vera as Superior Court Judge |url=https://www.birdmarella.com/2020/11/governor-newsom-appoints-principal-hernan-vera-as-superior-court-judge/ |access-date=September 8, 2021 |website=www.birdmarella.com}}</ref>


=== Nomination to district court ===
=== Nomination to district court ===

Revision as of 16:28, 14 December 2022

This article is about the California state court judge and federal judicial nominee. For the Mexican actor, see Hernán Vera.
Hernán D. Vera
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 13, 2020
Appointed byGavin Newsom
Preceded byElizabeth R. Feffer
Personal details
Born
Hernán Diego Vera[1]

1970 (age 53–54)
Escondido, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[2]
EducationStanford University (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (JD)

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

Early life and education

Vera was born in 1970 in Escondido, California.[3] 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.[4]

Career

Vera served as a law clerk for Judge Consuelo B. 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.[4] On November 13, 2020, 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.[2][5]

Nomination to district court

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 took senior status on October 29, 2015.[6] On October 20, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On December 2, 2021, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11–11 on a party-line vote, stalling his nomination in committee.[8] On January 3, 2022, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[9] he was renominated the same day.[10] On January 20, 2022, his nomination was stalled in committee by an 11–11 vote.[11][12] On June 22, 2022, the Senate discharged his nomination from committee by a 50–47 vote.[13] His nomination is pending before the United States Senate.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Supreme Court Appoints Miriam Krinsky and Hernán Vera to the State Bar Board of Trustees". California Courts. August 26, 2013.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Governor Newsom Appoints Principal Hernán Vera as Superior Court Judge". www.birdmarella.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "PN1170 – Nomination of Hernan D. Vera for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 20, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  12. ^ Raymond, Nate (January 10, 2022). "U.S. Senate confirms 9th Circuit nominee; panel deadlocks on 3 Biden judicial picks". Reuters. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "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.
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