Kenia Seoane Lopez

Kenia Seoane Lopez is an American attorney and jurist serving as a magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She is a nominee to serve as a judge on the same court.

Kenia Seoane Lopez
Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
July 2012
Personal details
BornCuba
Spouse(s)Ronald Lopez
EducationNortheastern University (BS)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, JD)

Early life and education

Lopez was born in Cuba and moved to the United States before her 10th birthday.[1] Lopez earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Northeastern University in 1997, a Master of Arts in Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2002.[2]

Career

After law school, Lopez was a clerk for the Massachusetts Superior Court. She then joined office of the attorney general for the District of Columbia, working in the legal services division of the child support department. She later served as a bilingual attorney negotiator in the domestic violence division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She was nominated as a magistrate judge of the Superior Court in 2012. In June 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lopez as a judge of the Superior Court.[3][4] On September 14, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[5] On October 6, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[6] Her nomination is pending before the full United States Senate.

References
  1. https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Prepared%20Statement-Seoane%20Lopez-2021-09-14.pdf
  2. "President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations". The White House. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  3. "Kenia Seoane Lopez | jnc". jnc.dc.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  4. Hulse, Carl (2021-06-15). "A leading voting rights expert is among Biden's new round of judicial nominees". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  5. "Nominations of Tovah R. Calderon to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Kenia Seoane Lopez, Rupa R. Puttagunta, and Sean C. Staples to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. September 14, 2021.
  6. "Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Record" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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