Laura Cordero
{{Short description|American judge (born 1965)}}
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| name = Laura Cordero
| office1 = Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| president1 = George W. Bush
| term_start1 = September 2, 2005
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| predecessor1 = Shellie Fountain Bowers
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| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| education = DePaul University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
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Laura Alicia Cordero (born January 3, 1965) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/judges#associate|title=District of Columbia Superior Court Judges|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=December 25, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/DCSC_Bio_Cordero.pdf |title=Bio |last=|first=|date=|website=www.dccourts.gov|language=en|access-date=December 25, 2019}}
Education and career
Cordero earned her Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University in 1985, and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1988.{{Cite web|url=https://truman.gov/laura-cordero/|title=Laura Cordero {{!}} The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation|website=truman.gov|access-date=2019-12-25}}
After graduating, she clerked for Judge James Aubrey Parker of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
= D.C. Superior Court =
On May 20, 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Cordero to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Her nomination expired on December 8, 2004, with the end of the 108th United States Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/108th-congress/1670|title=PN1670 - Nomination of Laura A. Cordero for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004)|date=2004-12-08|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2019-12-25}}
President George W. Bush renominated her on February 14, 2005, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Judge Shellie Fountain Bowers.{{Cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050214-7.html|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov|access-date=2019-12-25}} On June 15, 2005, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On June 22, 2005, the committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On June 24, 2005, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/109th-congress/190|title=PN190 - Nomination of Laura A. Cordero for The Judiciary, 109th Congress (2005-2006)|date=2005-06-24|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2019-12-25}} She was sworn in on September 2, 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2017-05/FCP_2005-12.pdf |title=Full Court Press |date=2005-12-24|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=2019-12-25}}
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Category:21st-century American judges
Category:21st-century American women judges
Category:DePaul University alumni
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia