Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen

Judge Arenda Lauretta Wright Allen

Personal

Birthday:

1960

Birthplace:

Philadelphia, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

U.S. Navy, JAG Corps, 1985-1990
Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Virginia, 1990-1991
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1991-2005
U.S. Naval Reserve, JAG Corps, 1992-2005
Assistant federal public defender, Eastern District of Virginia, 2005-2011; supervisory assistant federal public defender, 2006-2011

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, December 1, 2010; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Kutztown State College (now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1982

Name of School - Second:

North Carolina Central University School of Law (NCCU)

The mission of the North Carolina Central University School of Law is to provide a challenging and broad-based educational program designed to stimulate intellectual inquiry of the highest order, and to foster in each student a deep sense of professional responsibility and personal integrity so as to produce competent and socially responsible members of the legal profession.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1985

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Court Name:

Virginia Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

5/12/2011