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Torres\n\nAnalisa Nadine Torres (born 1959) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge of the [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-states-district-court-for-the-southern-district-of-new-york) since 2013.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate by voice vote in April 2013.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) She serves as an active judge of the court.[2](https://judicialfinder.com/judges/analisa-torres)\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n| --- | --- |\n| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) |\n| Appointed by | Barack Obama[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) |\n| Confirmed | April 18, 2013 (voice vote)[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) |\n| Born | 1959 in New York, NY[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) |\n| Education | A.B., Harvard University, 1981; J.D., Columbia Law School, 1984[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) |\n\n## Early life and education\n\nTorres was born in 1959 in New York, New York.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) She received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1981 and a J.D. from [Columbia Law School](https://www.edgepedia.org/columbia-law-school) in 1984.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176)\n\n## Legal career\n\nTorres was in private practice in New York City from 1984 to 1992.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) In 1992 she served as general counsel of the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) From 1992 to 1999 she was a law clerk to Judge Elliott Wilk of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Civil Term.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) She served as a commissioner of the New York City Planning Commission from 1993 to 1995.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176)\n\nTorres then served on the New York City courts: as a judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York from 2000 to 2002, and as a judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York from 2003 to 2004.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) From 2004 to 2013 she was a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Criminal Term, serving as an acting justice from 2004 to 2011.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176)\n\n## Federal judicial service\n\nTorres was first nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 14, 2012; no Senate vote occurred on that nomination.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) She was renominated on January 4, 2013.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) The Senate confirmed her by voice vote on April 18, 2013, and she received her commission on April 23, 2013.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176) She has served as an active judge of the Southern District of New York since then.[2](https://judicialfinder.com/judges/analisa-torres)\n\n## Judicial record\n\nAccording to a compilation of CourtListener's PACER-derived docket records, Torres was assigned 3,584 district-court cases, with a median time from filing to termination of 172 days across 3,169 closed cases; the compilation notes that its case assignment data are a partial sample rather than a complete caseload.[2](https://judicialfinder.com/judges/analisa-torres) The same compilation reports that, of 125 of her decisions reviewed on the merits by the [United States courts of appeals](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-states-courts-of-appeals) in its data, 95 were affirmed, 16 were reversed or vacated, and 14 were affirmed in part and reversed in part; it describes this as a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases it could match, not a judgment of the judge and not a complete record.[2](https://judicialfinder.com/judges/analisa-torres)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges: Analisa Nadine Torres](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394176)\n2. 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