Jennifer H. Rearden

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| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

| term_start = October 7, 2022

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| appointer = Joe Biden

| predecessor = Richard J. Sullivan

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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

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| education = Yale University (BA)
New York University (JD)

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Jennifer Hutchison Rearden (born 1970){{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Rearden%20SJQ%20Public1.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 28, 2022}} is an American lawyer from New York who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Education

Rearden earned her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Yale University in 1992, and her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-united-states-marshal-nominee-6/|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee|language=en-US|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=2020-02-12}}

Legal career

Rearden practiced at Davis Polk & Wardwell and in the Atlanta office of King & Spalding.

In 2003, she joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York City, where she was a partner in the commercial litigation and crisis management practice groups. While working at the firm, she represented Chevron. She has litigated complex commercial cases before United States District Courts and state courts.

Federal judicial service

= Expired nomination to district court under Trump =

On February 12, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rearden to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She had been strongly recommended by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and was nominated as part of a bipartisan package of judicial nominees.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Darien-woman-Obama-contributor-named-by-Trump-15085829.php|title=Darien woman, Obama contributor, named by Trump to bench in New York|first=Jordan|last=Fenster|date=February 26, 2020|website=Connecticut Post}} On May 4, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Rearden to the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Sullivan, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on October 25, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/thirty-nominations-one-withdrawal-sent-senate/|title=Thirty Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate – The White House|website=trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov}} On January 3, 2021, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-03 |title=PN1745 - Nomination of Jennifer H. Rearden for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/1745 |access-date=2021-01-05 |website=www.congress.gov}}

= Renomination to district court under Biden =

On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Rearden to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/19/biden-nominate-first-muslim-woman-federal-judge/6571815001/|title=Biden nominates Muslim woman to the federal bench, a first in US history as he diversifies the judiciary|first=Joey|last=Garrison|website=USA Today}} She was renominated to the same seat as her previous nomination.{{Cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/19/president-biden-names-thirteenth-round-of-judicial-nominees/|title=President Biden Names Thirteenth Round of Judicial Nominees|date=January 19, 2022|website=The White House}} {{PD-notice}} Rearden's nomination was criticized by Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who brought up Rearden's controversial role in the prosecution of Steven Donziger. Rearden represented Chevron in its countersuit against Donziger,{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/progressives-biden-judicial-nominee-jennifer-rearden_n_622a54e3e4b0fe0944d2f73d|title=Progressive Groups Are Trying To Sink One Of Biden's Judicial Nominees|date=March 10, 2022|website=HuffPost}} an environmental lawyer who brought a class action case against Chevron related to environmental damage and health effects caused by oil drilling.{{Cite web|last=Budryk|first=Zack|date=2022-01-21|title=Tlaib blasts Biden judicial nominee whose firm sued environmental lawyer|url=https://thehill.com/policy/defense/590819-tlaib-blasts-biden-judicial-nominee-whose-firm-sued-environmental-lawyer|access-date=2022-01-22|website=The Hill|language=en}} On March 2, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web |title=Nominations |date=February 28, 2022 |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/03/02/2022/nominations}} On April 4, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 22–0 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-04-04.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 4, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=April 4, 2022}} On September 8, 2022, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by a voice vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1687|title=PN1687 — Jennifer H. Rearden — The Judiciary|date=January 19, 2022|website=United States Senate|access-date=September 8, 2022}} After the Senate confirmed her nomination, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said that she would have voted "no" if the Senate had conducted a roll call vote on Rearden's nomination.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-168/issue-147/senate-section/article/S4567-1|title=Congressional Record}} She received her judicial commission on October 7, 2022.{{FJC Bio|nid=12537146|inline=yes}}