1. Amy Totenberg previously worked in private practice in Atlanta and formerly served as a Special master for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
13 Facts About Amy Totenberg
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Amy Totenberg was born in New York City, the daughter of Melanie Francis, a real estate broker, and violinist Roman Totenberg.
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Amy Totenberg's father was a Polish Jewish immigrant, who lost many of his family members in the Holocaust.
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Amy Totenberg's mother was of German Jewish and Polish Jewish descent from an upper-class family that had lived in San Francisco and New York.
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Amy Totenberg's eldest sister, Nina Totenberg, is a Supreme Court correspondent for NPR.
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Amy Totenberg served as a sole legal practitioner in Atlanta from 1982 until 1994.
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Between 1988 and 1993, Amy Totenberg worked part-time for the city of Atlanta as a pro tem Municipal Court Judge.
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From 1994 until 1998, Amy Totenberg served as the first-ever general counsel for Atlanta's school system.
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From 1998 until becoming a federal judge in 2011, Amy Totenberg served as a sole legal practitioner and arbitrator in Atlanta, working part-time as a special master and court monitor for several United States district courts.
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Amy Totenberg worked from 2004 until 2007 as an adjunct professor at the Emory University School of Law.
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In February 2009, Amy Totenberg submitted a resume and letter of interest for a United States district judgeship vacancy.
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On March 17,2010, President Barack Obama nominated Amy Totenberg to fill the judicial vacancy on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia that had been created by the decision by Judge Jack Tarpley Camp Jr.
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Amy Totenberg was reported out of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on December 1,2010, by a voice vote.