Myrna Pérez (born August 14, 1974) is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was previously the director of voting rights at the Brennan Center for Justice.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Columbia Law School Public Interest Legal CenterAdjunct career counselor · 2007–present
- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law2006–2021
- Voting Rights and Elections ProgramDirector · 2019–2021
Lecturer in law · 2016–2018, 2020–2021- Democracy ProgramDeputy director · 2013–2019
- Voting Rights and Elections ProjectDirector · 2013–2019
Adjunct professor of clinical law · 2013–2015- Senior counsel2011–2013
- Counsel2006–2011
- Washington, D.C.Civil rights fellow in private practice · 2005–2006
Law clerk , Hon. Julio Fuentes · 2004–2005
Law clerk , Hon. Anita B. Brody · 2003–2004
Appointments
2021–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
- J.D. · 2003
- Harvard University, Kennedy School of GovernmentM.P.P. · 1998
- Yale CollegeB.A. · 1996