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Chen</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pamela_Chen_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Chen in 2018</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York">United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />March 5, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Dearie" title="Raymond Dearie">Raymond Dearie</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Pamela Ki Mai Chen</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1961-03-30</span>) </span>March 30, 1961<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 63)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Illinois, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University_Law_Center" title="Georgetown University Law Center">Georgetown University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pamela Ki Mai Chen</b> (born March 30, 1961) is a <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_judge" title="United States federal judge">United States district judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York">United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pamela_K._Chen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chen was born in 1961 in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She received her <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in 1983 from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>. She received her <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> in 1986 from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University_Law_Center" title="Georgetown University Law Center">Georgetown University Law Center</a>. She started her career at the law firm of <a href="/wiki/Arnold_%26_Porter" title="Arnold & Porter">Arnold & Porter</a> from 1986 to 1989 and then at the criminal defense law firm of Asbill, Junkin, Myers & Buffone from 1989 to 1991, both law firms located in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> From 1991 to 1998, she was a trial attorney in the Special Litigation Section of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice_Civil_Rights_Division" title="United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division">Civil Rights division</a> at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a>. Beginning in 1998, she served as an <a href="/wiki/Assistant_United_States_attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant United States attorney">assistant United States attorney</a> in the Eastern District of New York, except for a four-month period in 2008, when she served as deputy commissioner for enforcement for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Division_of_Human_Rights" title="New York State Division of Human Rights">New York State Division of Human Rights</a>. During her service in the United States Attorney's office, she held many supervisory positions, including chief of the civil rights section and deputy chief of the public integrity section.<sup id="cite_ref-whnom_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whnom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fjc.gov_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fjc.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_judicial_service">Federal judicial service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pamela_K._Chen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Federal judicial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On August 2, 2012, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominated Chen to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge <a href="/wiki/Raymond_J._Dearie" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond J. Dearie">Raymond J. Dearie</a>, who assumed senior status on April 3, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-whnom_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whnom-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her nomination came at the recommendation of Senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schumer" title="Chuck Schumer">Chuck Schumer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 19, 2012, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary">Senate Judiciary Committee</a> held a hearing on her nomination and reported her nomination to the floor on December 6, 2012, by <a href="/wiki/Voice_vote" title="Voice vote">voice vote</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the <a href="/wiki/Sine_die" class="mw-redirect" title="Sine die">sine die</a> adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was reported by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary">Senate Judiciary Committee</a> on February 14, 2013, by a voice vote.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 4, 2013, the U.S. Senate confirmed Chen's nomination by <a href="/wiki/Voice_vote" title="Voice vote">voice vote</a>. She received her commission on March 5, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-fjc.gov_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fjc.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chen is the first openly LGBTQ+ Asian-American person to serve on the federal bench.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Judge_Pamela_Chen_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Judge_Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Judge_Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Judge_Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg/375px-Judge_Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Judge_Pamela_Chen_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="414" /></a><figcaption>Pamela Chen during U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pamela_K._Chen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Asian_American_jurists" title="List of Asian American jurists">List of Asian American jurists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_women_lawyers_and_judges_in_the_United_States" title="List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States">List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_first_women_lawyers_and_judges_in_New_York" title="List of first women lawyers and judges in New York">List of first women lawyers and judges in New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_jurists_in_the_United_States" title="List of LGBT jurists in the United States">List of LGBT jurists in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pamela_K._Chen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170217143831/http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/Chen-Senate-Questionnaire-Public-Final-WD.pdf">"Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/Chen-Senate-Questionnaire-Public-Final-WD.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on February 17, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 20,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Senate+Judiciary+Committee+Nomination+Questionnaire&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.judiciary.senate.gov%2Fnominations%2F112thCongressJudicialNominations%2Fupload%2FChen-Senate-Questionnaire-Public-Final-WD.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APamela+K.+Chen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-whnom-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-whnom_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-whnom_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/02/president-obama-nominates-pamela-chen-serve-us-district-court">"President Obama Nominates Pamela Chen to Serve on the US District Court"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Whitehouse.gov" title="Whitehouse.gov">whitehouse.gov</a></i>. August 2, 2012 – via <a href="/wiki/NARA" class="mw-redirect" title="NARA">National Archives</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=whitehouse.gov&rft.atitle=President+Obama+Nominates+Pamela+Chen+to+Serve+on+the+US+District+Court&rft.date=2012-08-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fobamawhitehouse.archives.gov%2Fthe-press-office%2F2012%2F08%2F02%2Fpresident-obama-nominates-pamela-chen-serve-us-district-court&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APamela+K.+Chen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fjc.gov-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fjc.gov_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fjc.gov_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394131">Pamela K. Chen</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges" title="Biographical Directory of Federal Judges">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></i>, a publication of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center" title="Federal Judicial Center">Federal Judicial Center</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record_print.cfm?id=337394">"News release from Schumer's office"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=News+release+from+Schumer%27s+office&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.schumer.senate.gov%2FNewsroom%2Frecord_print.cfm%3Fid%3D337394&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APamela+K.+Chen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=be85ef2ed0ecf91decacd44b598cc3f3">"Executive Business Meeting, December 6, 2012"</a>. Committee on the Judiciary<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 6,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Executive+Business+Meeting%2C+December+6%2C+2012&rft.pub=Committee+on+the+Judiciary&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.judiciary.senate.gov%2Fhearings%2Fhearing.cfm%3Fid%3Dbe85ef2ed0ecf91decacd44b598cc3f3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APamela+K.+Chen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/03/president-obama-re-nominates-thirty-three-federal-judgeships">"President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Whitehouse.gov" title="Whitehouse.gov">whitehouse.gov</a></i>. January 3, 2013 – via <a href="/wiki/NARA" class="mw-redirect" title="NARA">National Archives</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=whitehouse.gov&rft.atitle=President+Obama+Re-nominates+Thirty-Three+to+Federal+Judgeships&rft.date=2013-01-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fobamawhitehouse.archives.gov%2Fthe-press-office%2F2013%2F01%2F03%2Fpresident-obama-re-nominates-thirty-three-federal-judgeships&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APamela+K.+Chen" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130130062551/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-02/news/33005398_1_barack-obama-nominates-federal-bench-federal-judgeship">"Barack Obama nominates Chinese-American lesbian Pamela Ki Mai Chen for federal judgeship"</a>. 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