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Laura Alicia Cordero (born January 3, 1965) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Cordero earned her Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University in 1985, and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1988.

After graduating, she clerked for Judge James Aubrey Parker of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

D.C. Superior Court

On May 20, 2004, President George W. Bush nominated Cordero to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Her nomination expired on December 8, 2004, with the end of the 108th United States Congress.

President George W. Bush renominated her on February 14, 2005, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Judge Shellie Fountain Bowers. On June 15, 2005, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On June 22, 2005, the committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On June 24, 2005, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote. She was sworn in on September 2, 2005.

References

1. Security, United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International; Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental (2005). Nominations of Hon. Linda M. Springer, Hon. Laura A. Cordero, and Hon. Noel Anketell Kramer: Hearing Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, on the Nominations of Hon. Linda M. Springer, to be Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Hon. Laura A. Cordero, to be Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and Hon. Noel Anketell Kramer, to be Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, June 15, 2005. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-075147-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
3. "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
4. "Laura Cordero | The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation". truman.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
5. "PN1670 - Nomination of Laura A. Cordero for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004)". www.congress.gov. 2004-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
6. "Nominations Sent to the Senate". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
7. "PN190 - Nomination of Laura A. Cordero for The Judiciary, 109th Congress (2005-2006)". www.congress.gov. 2005-06-24. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
8. "Full Court Press" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. 2005-12-24. Retrieved 2019-12-25.

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