Natasha Perdew Silas is a staff attorney at the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Georgia where she is based in Atlanta. She is also the nominee to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is a United States District Court which serves the residents of forty-six counties...

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Early life and education

Silas received a B.S.

Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...

 degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

 in 1988 and a law degree

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

 from University of Virginia School of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

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 in 1992.

Career

Between 1992 and 1994, Silas worked as a litigation associate at the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, rebranded to the abbreviated name of Sutherland, is an AmLaw 100 American law firm. Founded in 1924 by William Sutherland and Elbert Tuttle as Sutherland & Tuttle, the firm originally achieved national prominence on tax issues...

 in Atlanta. Since 1994 she worked as a litigation Public Defender

Public defender

The term public defender is primarily used to refer to a criminal defense lawyer appointed to represent people charged with a crime but who cannot afford to hire an attorney in the United States and Brazil. The term is also applied to some ombudsman offices, for example in Jamaica, and is one way...

 for the federal government in the Northern District of Georgia.

Northern District of Georgia nomination

Silas was first nominated to fill the seat of Judge Clarence Cooper  by President Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

on January 26, 2011.