Biden Nominates Norton Recommendation Edelman to the U.S. District Court for D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Biden today announced his intent to nominate Judge Todd Edelman, an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Norton recommended Edelman to Biden. Norton's first two recommendations to Biden for the U.S. District Court for D.C., Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate, and her third recommendation, Ana Reyes, is pending before the Senate.

"Judge Edelman has the intelligence, temperament, and integrity to be an excellent federal judge," Norton said.

Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden granted Norton senatorial courtesy to recommend judges for the U.S. District Court for D.C., the U.S. Attorney for D.C., the U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court, and the U.S. Marshal for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Norton has established a nominating commission, comprised of lawyers and non-lawyers from all eight wards in D.C., to screen applicants and to make recommendations to her for the senatorial courtesy positions.

Edelman is a cum laude graduate of both Yale University and New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar. He clerked for Judge William B. Bryant of the U.S. District Court for D.C. and was a Fellow in the Criminal Justice Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center through the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program. Following his clerkship and fellowship, Edelman joined the Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia. Edelman then became Of Counsel at Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., where he represented labor unions and pension funds in complex civil litigation. Since 2010, he has been an Associate Judge on the D.C. Superior Court.

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