Stephanie L. Haines
Stephanie Lou Haines (born 1969)[1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Education
[edit]Haines received her Bachelor of Arts from Juniata College and her Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University College of Law.[2]
Legal career and military service
[edit]After graduating, she served as a law clerk for Judge Eugene E. Fike II of the Somerset County Court of Common Pleas.[3] She served as a captain in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, continued her service as a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, and currently served as a colonel in the West Virginia Air National Guard as a reserve member of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps until 2019.[4] She previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, as well as the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She was the sole prosecutor in the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, branch office and handles a wide variety of federal criminal matters.[2]
Federal judicial service
[edit]On March 1, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Haines to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. On March 5, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Haines to the seat vacated by Judge David S. Cercone, who assumed senior status on November 24, 2017.[5] On April 10, 2019, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On May 9, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–1 vote.[7] On July 30, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 87–1 vote.[8] On September 11, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a 94–0 vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on September 30, 2019.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Stephanie Haines
- ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, a United States Attorney Nominee, and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, March 1, 2019
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Stephanie L. Haines – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania". The Vetting Room. April 9, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ "Haines, Stephanie Lou | Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "Ten Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", White House, March 5, 2019
- ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for April 10, 2019
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 9, 2019" (PDF). Senate Judiciary Committee.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephanie L. Haines, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania)". United States Senate. July 30, 2019.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stephanie L. Haines, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania)". United States Senate. September 11, 2019.
- ^ Stephanie L. Haines at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
[edit]- Stephanie L. Haines at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 21st-century American lawyers
- 21st-century American judges
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Claude W. Pettit College of Law alumni
- United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Juniata College alumni
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- People from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- United States district court judges appointed by Donald Trump
- West Virginia lawyers
- 20th-century American women lawyers
- 21st-century American women lawyers
- 21st-century American women judges
- American military prosecutors