Kari Anne Dooley (née Pederson; born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Biography
Dooley received her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
She began her legal career as an associate in the Greenwich office of Whitman & Ransom. She served for twelve years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, rising to the rank of Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney and, ultimately, Counsel to the United States Attorney. From 2004 to 2018, she served as a Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court." President Donald J. Trump Announces Ninth Wave of Judicial Nominees and Tenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees " White House, December 20, 2017
Federal judicial service
On December 20, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Dooley to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, to the seat vacated by Judge Robert Chatigny, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2016."Eight Nominations Sent to the Senate Today" White House, December 20, 2017 On March 7, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for March 7, 2018 On April 19, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote.Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 19, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee On September 6, 2018, her nomination was confirmed by voice vote. She received her judicial commission on September 13, 2018.
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