Myrna Pérez
Myrna Pérez (born 1974) is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was previously the director of voting rights at the Brennan Center for Justice. Early life and education Pérez is a native of San Antonio, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1996, a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School in 1998, and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 2003. Career Pérez began her career as a policy analyst in the Government Accountability Office. She was later a law clerk for judges Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Julio M. Fuentes of the United States Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit. Pérez joined the Brennan Center for Justice in 2006 and left in 2021 after being confirmed as a federal judge. She has been a lecturer at Columbia Law School and an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Law. Perez co-authored reports about voter purges in 2008 and 2018. Pérez also authored reports on wait times at polling locations for