Tali Farhadian Weinstein

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Tali Farimah Farhadian Weinstein (born in 1975 or 1976) is an Iranian-born American attorney, professor, and politician. She is a former federal and state prosecutor and was a candidate in the 2021 Manhattan District Attorney race. In November 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate her as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, but did not send her nomination to the United States Senate before he left office. Born in Iran to a Jewish family, Farhadian Weinstein came to the United States as a refugee in 1979. Her family became eligible for U.S. citizenship through President Ronald Reagan's 1986 amnesty program. After graduating from Yale University and Magdalen College, Oxford, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School. She then became a law clerk for Judge Merrick Garland at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and subsequently for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor during O'Connor...

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