Natasha Clarise Merle

b. 1983 · Brunswick, ME

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkJudgeJoseph R. Biden (Democratic)Aug 11, 2023

Education

  • University of Texas, B.A., 2005
  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2008

Professional Career

Law clerk, Hon. Robert L. Carter, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2008-2009; Staff attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow, Gulf Region Advocacy Center, Houston, Texas, 2009-2011; Assistant federal public defender, Capital Habeas Unit, District of Arizona, 2011-2012; Law clerk, Hon. John Gleeson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2012-2013; Private practice and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Fellow, New York City, 2013-2015; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 2016-2023; fellow, 2016-2018; assistant counsel, 2018; senior counsel, 2018-2021; deputy director of litigation, 2021-2023; Adjunct professor of clinical law, New York University School of Law, 2019-2020; Lecturer in law, Columbia Law School, 2020-2021

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