Mia Roberts Perez

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| name = Mia Perez

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| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

| term_start = December 16, 2022

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| appointer = Joe Biden

| predecessor = Timothy J. Savage

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| office1 = Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas

| term_start1 = January 2016

| term_end1 = December 16, 2022

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| birth_name = Mia Roberts

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1981}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.}}

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| party = Democratic

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| education = Tufts University (BA)
Temple University (JD)

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Mia Roberts Perez (born 1981){{Cite web|title=Biden nominates five, including former Philly DA, to federal courts in Pa.|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-nominates-five-including-former-philly-da-to-federal-courts-in-pa/ar-AAZuSjn|access-date=July 13, 2022|website=MSN|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Perez%20SJQ%20Public%20Final1.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=August 31, 2022}} is an American attorney who is

a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She previously served as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas from 2016 to 2022.

Education

Perez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 2003 and a Juris Doctor from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2006.{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=July 12, 2022 |title=President Biden Names Twenty-First Round of Judicial Nominees |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/12/president-biden-names-twenty-first-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}

Career

From 2006 to 2010, Perez worked as an assistant public defender for the Defender Association of Philadelphia.{{Cite web |title=For Mia Roberts Perez, being judge should not be a retirement job |url=https://aldianews.com/en/local/philadelphia/mia-roberts-perez |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Al Día News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2018 |title=One Day in Philly: Judge Mia Roberts-Perez |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2018/11/27/mia-roberts-perez-one-day-philly/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Philadelphia Magazine |language=en-US}} From 2010 to 2011, Perez was an associate at Friedman Schuman in Philadelphia. From 2011 to 2016, she operated her own law firm, Perez Law LLC, in Philadelphia. Perez was elected to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Philly elects a Latina millennial as judge |url=https://aldianews.com/en/politics/policy/philly-elects-latina |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Al Día News |language=en}}{{cite web |title=2015 Municipal Election - Judge of the Court of Common Pleas - Philadelphia |url=https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/General/OfficeResults?OfficeID=49&ElectionID=43&ElectionType=G&IsActive=0}}

= Federal judicial service =

On July 12, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Perez to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. President Biden nominated Perez to the seat vacated by Judge Timothy J. Savage, who assumed senior status on March 1, 2021.{{citation-attribution|1={{Cite press release|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=July 12, 2022|publisher=The White House|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/12/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-73/}} }} On September 7, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=August 31, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/09/07/2022/nominations}} On September 28, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–9 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-09-29.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 29, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=September 29, 2022}} On December 7, 2022, the United States Senate confirmed her nomination by a 52–43 vote.{{Cite web|date=December 7, 2022|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Mia Roberts Perez, of Pennsylvania, to U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00378.htm|access-date=December 7, 2022|website=United States Senate}} She received her judicial commission on December 16, 2022.{{FJC Bio|nid=12912486|inline=yes}}