About Katherine Polk Failla
Born 1969. Katherine Polk Failla is an American lawyer and judge.
Katherine Mary Polk Failla (born May 1969) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Biography Failla was born in Edison, New Jersey. She received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, in 1990 from the College of William & Mary. She received a Juris Doctor cum laude in 1993 from Harvard Law School. nominated Failla to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Denise Cote who assumed senior status on December 15, 2011. On March 4, 2013, the Senate confirmed the nomination by a 91–0 vote. She received her commission the next day.
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United States District Judge
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Katherine Polk Failla was born in 1969 in Edison.
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