Miranda Mai Du

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American judge (born 1969)

Miranda Mai Du (born 1969) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada . As a district judge, Du has presided over a number of noteworthy cases, including a number regarding voting rights . She served as the chief judge of the court 2019 to 2024.

Early life and education

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Du was born in Cà Mau , Vietnam , in 1969.

During the Vietnam War , her father had been a supporter of the U.S.-backed Army of the Republic of Vietnam , and the family left to seek asylum in Malaysia when Du was nine years old, fleeing the country by boat .

Du's family spent nearly a year in Malaysian refugee camps before ultimately being granted asylum in the United States, being sponsored by a family in Winfield, Alabama .

Growing up, Du and her family lived in a number of places across the United States, including Winfield, Alabama , where her father worked on a dairy farm. The family also lived at various times in Tuscaloosa, Alabama ; Seattle, Washington ; and Oakland, California . Du participated in Upward Bound in high school.

Du received a Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Davis , in 1991,

graduating with honors in history and economics. She earned her Juris Doctor from University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1994.

Career

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Upon graduating from law school, Du was admitted to the bar in Nevada in 1994 and in California in 1995. She took a job as an associate at the law firm McDonald Carano Wilson LLP in 1994 and was promoted to partner in 2002. She practiced for about one year in Las Vegas , before transferring to the firm's Reno, Nevada office. Du practiced employment law,

serving as chair of her firm's employment and labor practice group.

Federal judicial service

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Miranda Du in 2012 with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid .

On August 2, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Du to replace Judge Roger L. Hunt , who assumed senior status . A substantial majority of the American Bar Association 's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary , which rates the qualifications of judicial nominees, rated Du as "qualified" for the post, with a minority rating her "not qualified" (the committee rates on a three-tier scale: well qualified, qualified, and not qualified). Du's nomination and confirmation were strongly supported by Nevada's two U.S. senators, Harry Reid (Democrat) and Dean Heller (Republican),

as well as the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus .

Her confirmation was opposed by some Republican senators, who viewed her as too inexperienced and cited a sanction against her in 2007 by a Nevada federal court.

On November 3, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported her nomination to the Senate floor by a 10–8 vote.

On March 28, 2012, Du's nomination was confirmed by a 59–39 vote.

She received her commission two days later. Du became the first Asian Pacific American to serve as an Article III judge in Nevada.

As a new district judge, Du initially worked in Las Vegas, but after about a year transferred her chambers to Reno, where she remains based. She

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