Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS—E.D.N.Y.: Recent federal judicial appointments, (Oct 27, 2015)

Ann Donnelly has been confirmed by the Senate to be a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York. She is a former prosecutor and New York state court judge who presided over nearly 48 trials before her appointment to the federal bench. She also has championed efforts to protect children, including working with a team of prosecutors to develop a protocol for the reporting of allegations of clergy child sexual abuse that has become a model for other jurisdictions. Judge Donnelly was nominated by President Obama and confirmed by a vote of 95-2.

Judge Donnelly earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and a law degree from Ohio State University College of Law.

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