Brenda Kay Sannes

Judge Brenda Kay Sannes

Personal

Birthday:

1958

Birthplace:

Billings, MT

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Jerome Farris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984
Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1984-1988
Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1988-1995; high intensity drug trafficking coordinator and deputy chief, Narcotics Section, 1994
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of New York, 1995-2014; chief, Appellate Division, 2005-2014; Syracuse office manager, 2010-2014

Education

Name of School:

Carleton College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1980

Name of School - Second:

University of Wisconsin Law School

The University of Wisconsin Law School is a top national law school, attracting students from across the country and around the world. Top students are drawn to the UW Law School because of the diversity of our student body, our tradition of excellence, and our law-in-action approach to teaching and learning the law --- an approach that differentiates us from other law schools.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1983

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of New York

Court Name:

New York Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

11/21/2014