Cheryl Ann Krause

Cheryl Ann Krause (born 1968) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Biography

Early life and education

Krause was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and her Juris Doctor with highest honors from Stanford Law School in 1993. After graduating from law school, Krause clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1993 to 1994, and then for Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1994 to 1995.

Professional career

From 1995 to 1996, Krause worked as a lecturer and visiting scholar at Stanford Law School, as well as a law clerk at Heller Ehrman in San Francisco, California. Krause was an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City from 1996 to 1997, and then served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1997 to 2002. Krause returned to Philadelphia in 2003, where she joined Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin as a shareholder. In 2006, she became a partner at Dechert, where she specialized in white-collar criminal defense and government investigations. She received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 12, 2014. On April 3, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On June 24, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on the nomination. On June 26, 2014, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 57–39 vote. On July 7, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a 93–0 vote. She received her judicial commission on July 9, 2014.