Amy Totenberg

Amy Mil Totenberg (born December 29, 1950) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She previously worked in private practice in Atlanta and also formerly served as a Special master for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Early life and education Amy Totenberg was born in New York City, the daughter of Melanie Francis (Eisenberg), a real estate broker, and violinist Roman Totenberg. Her father was a Polish Jewish immigrant, who lost many of his family members in the Holocaust. Her mother was of German Jewish and Polish Jewish descent from an upper-class family that had lived in San Francisco and New York. Her eldest sister, Nina Totenberg, is a Supreme Court correspondent for NPR. Another sister, Jill Totenberg, is a businesswoman. Totenberg earned an Artium Baccalaureus, magna cum laude, in 1974 from Harvard-Radcliffe College and a Juris Doctor in 1977 from Harvard Law School.