Career
DeArcy Hall received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Antioch College. She received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2000 from Howard University School of Law. She served in the United States Air Force, from 1995 to 1997.
She served as a Commissioner on the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics from 2012 to 2014.
From 2011 to 2015, she served as a Commissioner of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission. On November 12, 2014, President Obama nominated DeArcy Hall to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who took senior status on October 1, 2014.
On December 16, 2014 her nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress. On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated her to the same position.
She received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2015.
On June 4, 2015 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On November 16, 2015 the United States Senate voted in favor of final confirmation by a vote of 93-1. She received her judicial commission on November 17, 2015.
