Krissa M. Lanham
{{Short description|American judge (born 1980)}}
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| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
| term_start = June 3, 2024
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| appointer = Joe Biden
| predecessor = Douglas L. Rayes
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| birth_name = Krissa Marie Lanham
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| birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand
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| education = Yale University (BA, JD)
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Krissa Marie Lanham{{Cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/krissa-marie-lanham-168694238/|title=Krissa Marie Lanham Profile | Phoenix, AZ Lawyer | Martindale.com|website=www.martindale.com}} (born 1980){{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/lanham_sjq.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=March 19, 2024}} is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Education
Lanham attended Bangkok Patana School, graduating in 1998.{{Cite web |last=Lanzuela |first=Mark |date=2024-02-27 |title=Grad'98 Alum Nominated by President Joe Biden in the Forty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees |url=https://www.patana.ac.th/grad98-alum-nominated-by-president-joe-biden-in-the-forty-sixth-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Bangkok Patana School |language=en-US}} She earned a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Yale University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2007.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Forty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees and Announces Two New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorney |date=February 21, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/21/president-biden-names-forty-sixth-round-of-judicial-nominees-and-announces-two-new-nominees-to-serve-as-u-s-attorney/ |access-date=February 21, 2024}} {{PD-notice}}
Career
Lanham served as a law clerk for Judge Robert Chatigny of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut from 2007 to 2008 and for Judge Barry G. Silverman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2024, she was an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona. She served as appellate chief in that office from 2020 to 2024, after previously serving as the deputy appellate chief and human trafficking coordinator.
= Federal judicial service =
On February 21, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lanham to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.{{Cite web |last=Hansen |first=Ronald J. |date=February 21, 2024 |title=President Joe Biden set to nominate 2 women to become federal judges in Arizona |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2024/02/21/joe-biden-to-nominate-angela-martinez-and-krissa-lanham-as-us-judges/72676524007/ |access-date=February 21, 2024 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}} On February 27, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Lanham to the seat being vacated by Judge Douglas L. Rayes, who subsequently assumed senior status on June 1, 2024.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=February 27, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/27/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-138/}} On March 20, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=March 19, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/03/20/2024/nominations}} On April 18, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–8 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-04-18_-_ebm_-_results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 18, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=April 18, 2024}}{{Cite press release |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Ten Nominations to the Full Senate |date=April 18, 2024 |publisher=United States Senate Judiciary Committee |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/releases/senate-judiciary-committee-advances-ten-nominations-to-the-full-senate |access-date=April 18, 2024}} On May 21, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 66–27 vote.{{Cite web|date=May 21, 2024|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Krissa M. Lanham to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00173.htm|access-date=May 21, 2024|website=United States Senate}} Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 66–26 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00174.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Krissa M. Lanham, of Arizona, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Arizona)|website=United States Senate|date=May 21, 2024|access-date=May 21, 2024}} She received her judicial commission on June 3, 2024.{{FJC Bio|nid=13761686|inline=yes}}
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Category:21st-century American women judges
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Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Category:Thai emigrants to the United States
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Joe Biden