The U.S. Senate yesterday confirmed two federal prosecutors for District Court openings. Pamela Ki Mai Chen was confirmed by a voice vote for the Eastern District and Katherine Polk Failla was confirmed 91-0 for the Southern District.
Chen is chief of the civil rights section in the Criminal Division of the Eastern District U.S. Attorney’s Office. Before joining the office, she worked for eight years at the U.S. Justice Department. Chen, who was born in 1961, was nominated by the White House in August for the vacancy created when Judge Raymond Dearie (See Profile) took senior status in April 2011. With Chen’s confirmation, there are now no Eastern District vacancies.
