Cristina D. Silva

Cristina Dionne Silva
Cristina Dionne Silva
Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department IX
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2019
Appointed by	Steve Sisolak
Personal details
Born	1979 (age 41–42); El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Education	Wellesley College (BA); American University (JD)

Cristina Dionne Silva (born 1979)[1] is an American state court judge from Nevada who is a nominee to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Education

Silva received her Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College in 2001. and she received her Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law in 2007.[2]

Legal career

From 2007 until 2010, Silva worked as an assistant state attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, serving as assistant chief of litigation for the domestic violence unit in 2010. From 2011 to 2019, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada; she held numerous leadership positions in the office, including chief of the criminal division from 2018 to 2019 and deputy chief of the criminal division from 2013 to 2018. Since 2019, Silva has served as a judge on the Eighth Judicial District Court, Department IX, in Las Vegas[2] after being appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak.[3]

Nomination to district court

On November 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Silva to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.[2] President Biden nominated Silva to the seat vacated by Judge James C. Mahan, who took senior status on June 29, 2018.[4] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References

"Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
"President Biden Names Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Cristina D. Silva". Eighth Judicial District Court. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
"Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[Questionnaire-1] "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

[WHBio-2] "President Biden Names Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] "Cristina D. Silva". Eighth Judicial District Court. Retrieved 2021-11-03.

[November3-4] "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.