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Kathleen Sweet

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Kathleen Sweet
Born (1965-02-21) February 21, 1965 (age 59)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
🎓 Alma materBoston College (BA)
Villanova University (JD)
💼 Occupation

Kathleen Marie Sweet (born February 21, 1965) is a New York lawyer and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.

Biography[edit]

Sweet was born in Buffalo, New York, on February 21, 1965.[1][2] Sweet received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987 from the Boston College, where she played basketball. She received a Juris Doctor in 1990 from the Villanova University School of Law. She started her legal career as a confidential law clerk for the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Judicial Department from 1990 to 1992. From 1992 to 1993, she was an associate at the law firm of Damon & Morey LLP (now Barclay Damon LLP). From 1993 to 1997, Sweet worked at the law firm of Brown & Tarantino LLP (now The Tarantino Law Firm), where she was elevated to partnership in 1995. In 1997 she joined the law firm of Gibson, McAskill & Crosby, LLP in Buffalo, New York as an associate and was later elevated to partnership in 1998 where she specializes in medical malpractice cases.[3]

Expired nomination to district court[edit]

On March 16, 2016 President Obama nominated Sweet to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge William M. Skretny, who took senior status on March 8, 2015.[4] On June 21, 2016 a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on her nomination.[5] Her nomination was reported to the floor on September 8, 2016.[6] Her nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.[7] The vacant position was later filled by John L. Sinatra Jr., a nominee of Donald Trump.[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Kathleen M. Sweet". Lawyer Central profile. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22.
  2. Chandler, Matt (September 2, 2020). "The Sweet, Not The Bitter". Upstate New York Super Lawyers magazine. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. "President Obama Nominates Six to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. March 15, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  4. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. March 15, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  5. "Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. June 21, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. "Results of Executive Business Meeting - September 8, 2016" (PDF). Retrieved Aug 16, 2023.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Zremski, Jerry (2018-05-10). "Schumer: White House insisted on Sinatra, not Sweet, as federal judge". Buffalo News. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2023-08-16.

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