Margo Kitsy Brodie L'91

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Group photograph of the Black Law Students' Association at Penn Law. Judge Brodie was the President of this student organization in 1991.

Judge Margo Kitsy Williams Brodie is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She became Chief Judge of the court on February 1, 2021. Judge Brodie is the Eastern District’s fourth consecutive female Chief Judge as well as the Eastern District’s first Black Chief Judge. Judge Brodie was born in St. John's, Antigua in April 12, 1966. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988 from St. Francis College in Brooklyn and then a Juris Doctor in 1991 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Prior to joining the federal bench, Judge Brodie worked for the New York City Law Department from 1991 until 1994, and then at the law firm Carter, Ledyard & Millburn from 1994 until 1999. She then joined the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in 1999 as an Assistant United States Attorney. Judge Brodie was Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section from 2006 to 2007, Chief of the General Crimes Section from 2007 until 2009, Counselor to the Criminal Division from 2009 to 2010, and Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division from 2010 to 2012.

On June 7, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Brodie to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York that had been vacated by Judge Allyne R. Ross, who took senior status in April 2011. On February 27, 2012, the United States Senate voted 86–2 to confirm Brodie as a United States District Judge. She received her commission on February 29, 2012. She became Chief Judge on February 1, 2021.

Biography for Judge Margo K. Brodie was taken from Wikipedia.org.

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