Judge Florence Y. Pan
D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Florence Ye Pan was born in November 1966 in New York City. She earned a double undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School. She earned a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School. She clerked at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and later at the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Pan worked for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Office of the Solicitor General and later at the appellate section of the Criminal Division. She worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury, where she held several positions. For ten years, she was an assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
She was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, confirmed by the Senate, and assumed that office in May 2009. President Obama later nominated her to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Although her nomination expired at the end of the 114th Congress without a Senate floor vote.
President Joe Biden nominated Pan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was confirmed by the Senate and received her commission in September 2021. Less than a year later, President Biden nominated her to the seat vacated by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. She was confirmed by the Senate and assumed her position in September 2022.
She is married to Max Stier. They have two sons.
In the News…
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Florence Pan blocked Penguin Random House from acquiring rival publisher Simon & Schuster, in keeping with the antitrust enforcement of President Biden’s administration.
While Penguin Random House intends to appeal the ruling, the decision would be impactful in the industry, as the case could set a precedent for mergers and acquisitions under the administration.
Judge Pan heard the case prior to her transition from the U.S. district to the appellate court, wrote that the Department of Justice had correctly argued that the proposed merger of the first and fourth largest book publishers could “substantially … lessen competition in the market.”
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The Honorable Florence Y. Pan
D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse
333 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
