Indira Talwani

Indira Talwani (born October 6, 1960) is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Indira Talwani
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Incumbent
Assumed office May 12, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Mark L. Wolf
Personal details
Born	October 6, 1960 Englewood, New Jersey
Residence	Auburndale, Massachusetts
Education	Radcliffe College (B.A.) UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D.)

Biography

Talwani received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1982, from Radcliffe College. She received a Juris Doctor in 1988 from UC Berkeley School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif.[1] She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Stanley A. Weigel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 1988 to 1989. She served as an associate at the San Francisco, California, law firm of Altshuler Berzon LLP, from 1989 to 1995 and as a partner at that law firm, from 1996 to 1999. From 1999 to 2014, she served as a partner at the Boston, Massachusetts, law firm of Segal Roitman LLP, where she focused her practice on civil litigation at the State and Federal trial court and appellate levels.[2][3]

Federal judicial service

On September 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Talwani to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to the seat vacated by Judge Mark L. Wolf, who took senior status on January 1, 2013.[4] On February 6, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee.[5] Cloture was filed on her nomination on May 6, 2014.[6] On Thursday May 8, 2014 the Senate voted on the motion to invoke cloture by a vote of 55–41.[7] The Senate voted 94–0 for final confirmation later the same day.[8] She received her judicial commission on May 12, 2014.[3]

Judge Talwani presided over the sentencing of many parents involved in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, including actress Felicity Huffman. Talwani sentenced Huffman to 14 days in prison, 1 year supervised release, a $30,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service after Huffman plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and honest services mail fraud for her role in the scandal. Huffman served 11 out of her 14 days. [9]

References

1. "Biography at Segal Roitman LLP". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
2. "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts". 24 September 2013.
3. "Talwani, Indira – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
4. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". 24 September 2013.
5. "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
6. "Cloture filed on 4 judicial nominations (Talwani, Peterson, Rosenstengal, Rosenbaum)". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
7. "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 134. United States Senate. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
8. "U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113th Congress – 2nd Session". Vote Summary: Vote Number 137. United States Senate. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
9. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/first-parent-college-admissions-case-sentenced-prison

External links

• Indira Talwani at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Indira Talwani at Ballotpedia