Jersey City attorney Evelyn Padin wins confirmation as federal court judge

Evelyn Padin, a Jersey Metropolis lawyer and former municipal choose for the town has been confirmed as a federal choose for the the District of New Jersey.

Padin was confirmed by a 51-43 vote. She fills a seat that has been open since 2015. As considered one of six Biden appointees confirmed to the New Jersey District Courtroom, Padin will assist relieve the backlog of instances earlier than the courtroom, which grew to become the best within the nation on account of understaffing.

“I’m proud to have advisable Ms. Evelyn Padin for this nomination and voted at the moment in help of her affirmation,” Sen. Bob Menendez mentioned in a press release.

Padin was the primary Puerto Rican and first Latina president of the New Jersey Bar Affiliation and has served on the Hispanic Bar Affiliation of New Jersey, the board of New Jersey Ladies Legal professionals, and the Board of Governors for the New Jersey Affiliation for Justice.

“Past her impeccable credentials and her lived expertise as a barrier-breaking Latina in New Jersey and the authorized career, Ms. Padin has a relentless dedication to equal justice underneath the regulation that may shine when she assumes her place on the federal bench,” Menendez added.

“Ms. Padin’s affirmation strikes us one step nearer to making a judicial system that displays the variety of America, and I stay up for seeing her apply her spectacular expertise and in depth authorized experience in continued service to the individuals of New Jersey,” mentioned Sen. Cory Booker.

Padin earned her regulation diploma from Seton Corridor College and her undergraduate diploma from Rutgers. With over 30 years of authorized expertise, her observe focuses on private damage regulation and household regulation.