Lauck received a
Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1986 from
Wellesley College. She received a
Juris Doctor in 1991 from
Yale Law School. She served as a
law clerk to Judge
James R. Spencer of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1991 to 1992. She worked at the law firm of Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 2004, she was an
assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. She was the supervising attorney at Genworth Financial, Inc., from 2004 to 2005.
Federal judicial service From 2005 to 2014, she served as a
United States magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. She received a hearing before the
United States Senate Judiciary Committee on February 25, 2014. On March 27, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee by a
voice vote. On June 5, 2014,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for
cloture on the nomination. On June 9, 2014, The
United States Senate invoked
cloture on her nomination by a 52–32 vote. On June 10, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a 90–0 vote. She received her judicial commission on June 10, 2014. ==References==