Ariana Fajardo Orshan
{{Short description|American lawyer and judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ariana Fajardo Orshan
|image = Ariana Fajardo Orshan official portrait.jpg
|office = Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
|appointer = Ron DeSantis
|term_start = September 20, 2021
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|predecessor = Rosa C. Figarola
|successor =
|office1 = United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
|president1 = Donald Trump
Joe Biden
|term_start1 = September 18, 2018
|term_end1 = March 26, 2021
|predecessor1 = Wifredo A. Ferrer
|successor1 = Juan Antonio Gonzalez (acting)
Markenzy Lapointe
|office2 = Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
|appointer2 = Rick Scott
|term_start2 = April 25, 2012
|term_end2 = September 17, 2018
|predecessor2 = Julio Jimenez
|successor2 = Scott Bernstein
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|education = Florida International University (BS)
Shepard Broad Law Center (JD)
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Ariana Fajardo Orshan is an American Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She previously served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 2018 to 2021. Prior to this, she had been a Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 2012 to 2018.
Education
Fajardo Orshan earned her Bachelor of Science from Florida International University in 1993{{cite web| url = https://www.martindale.com/attorney/honorable-ariana-fajardo-orshan-812281/| title = Honorable Ariana Fajardo Orshan Judge Profile on Martindale.com}} and her Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in 1996.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fifteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-fourteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-ninth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Fourteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Ninth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, June 7, 2018] {{PD-notice}}
Legal career
State judicial career
Prior to becoming a U.S. Attorney, Fajardo Orshan was a Circuit Court Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida and an adjunct professor at Florida International University College of Law. She was appointed to the bench in 2012 by Governor Rick Scott.{{Cite press release |title=Governor Scott Appoints Ariana Fajardo to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court |date=April 25, 2012 |publisher=Press Office |url=https://www.flgov.com/2012/04/25/governor-scott-appoints-ariana-fajardo-to-the-eleventh-judicial-circuit-court/ |access-date=June 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145350/https://www.flgov.com/2012/04/25/governor-scott-appoints-ariana-fajardo-to-the-eleventh-judicial-circuit-court/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
After her term as a United States Attorney ended, she was reappointed to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit by Governor Ron DeSantis.{{cite press release |title=Governor Ron DeSantis Announces 20 Judicial Appointments |url=https://www.flgov.com/2021/09/16/governor-ron-desantis-announces-20-judicial-appointments/ |date=September 16, 2021}}
U.S. Attorney
On June 7, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Fajardo Orshan to serve as a United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. On June 11, 2018, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/seventeen-nominations-sent-senate-today-3/ "Seventeen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, June 11, 2018] On August 23, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2008-23-18.pdf Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 23, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee] On August 28, 2018, her nomination was confirmed in the United States Senate by voice vote.{{Cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/2118?q=%257B%2522search%2522%253A%255B%2522Orshan%2522%255D%257D&r=1 |title=PN2118 - Nomination of Ariana Fajardo Orshan for Department of Justice, 115th Congress (2017-2018) |date=2018-08-28 |website=www.congress.gov |language=en |access-date=2018-08-30}} Upon confirmation she became the first woman to ever be the United States Attorney in Southern Florida.{{Cite web |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article212767819.html |title=Trump nominates first woman ever to be U.S. attorney in South Florida |last=Weaver |first=Jay |date=June 7, 2018 |publisher=Miami Herald |access-date=June 8, 2018}} Fajardo Orshan was sworn into office on September 18, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Scicchitano |first1=Paul |title=Miami Family Court Judge Sworn In As US Attorney |url=https://patch.com/florida/miami/miami-family-court-judge-sworn-us-attorney |access-date=19 September 2018 |publisher=Patch |date=September 18, 2018}}
On February 8, 2021, she along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justice-dept-seeks-resignations-of-trump-era-us-attorneys/2021/02/08/f5b71648-6a88-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209142507/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/justice-dept-seeks-resignations-of-trump-era-us-attorneys/2021/02/08/f5b71648-6a88-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2021|title=Justice Dept. seeks resignations of Trump-era US attorneys|first=Michael|last=Balsamo |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 9, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2021 }} She resigned on March 26, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Jay |date=March 26, 2021 |title=Fajardo steps down as U.S. attorney in Miami after leading office through pandemic |publisher=Miami Herald}}
Personal
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External links
- [https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/meet-us-attorney Biography at Department of Justice]
- {{Ballotpedia|Ariana_Fajardo|Ariana Fajardo Orshan}}
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:21st-century American judges
Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Florida International University alumni
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Category:Nova Southeastern University alumni
Category:United States attorneys for the Southern District of Florida
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century American women lawyers