President Biden’s latest list of judicial nominees includes a federal judge from the First State.
Biden has tapped Delaware U.S District Court judge Leonard Stark for a spot on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Stark has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware since 2010 and was the chief judge for that court from 2014 until June of this year.
He was nominated to the Delaware U.S. District Court by President Barack Obama in March 2010, and confirmed by the Senate in August 5, 2010.
He previously served as federal magistrate judge and an assistant U.S Attorney in Delaware. He holds degrees from the University of Delaware and Yale Law School. he was also a Rhodes Scholar.
“Judge Len Stark has the experience, intellect and temperament to be an outstanding U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge. His more than a decade on the Delaware District Court bench, combined with his years as a Federal Magistrate Judge, Assistant U.S. Attorney and litigator have given him a range of experience that demonstrates why President Biden nominated him for this distinguished position,” said Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons in a joint statement.
Stark's nomination comes in Biden’s ninth round of judicial nominees. Stark and the other nominees need confirmation from the U.S. Senate.