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Kari Anne Dooley (née Pederson; born 1963) is a
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of the
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.


Biography

Dooley received her
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from
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, and her
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, ''cum laude'', from the
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. She began her legal career as an associate in the
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office of Whitman & Ransom. She served for twelve years as an
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for the
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, rising to the rank of Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney and, ultimately, Counsel to the United States Attorney. From 2004 to 2018, she served as a Judge of the
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.


Federal judicial service

On December 20, 2017, President
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nominated Dooley to serve as a United States District Judge of the
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, to the seat vacated by Judge
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, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2016. On March 7, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the
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. On April 19, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote. On September 6, 2018, her nomination was confirmed by
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. She received her judicial commission on September 13, 2018.


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* 1963 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American women lawyers 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American women lawyers 21st-century American women judges Assistant United States attorneys Connecticut lawyers Cornell University alumni Judges of the Connecticut Superior Court Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut Lawyers from New York City United States district court judges appointed by Donald Trump University of Connecticut School of Law alumni {{Connecticut-state-judge-stub