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Deborah Lynn Boardman

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Active service.

Confirmed 52 to 48Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden
Nominated
April 19, 2021
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
May 12, 2021
Committee action
Reported (favorably), June 10, 2021
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 52 to 48
Confirmed
June 23, 2021
Commissioned
June 25, 2021
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1974, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Law clerk, Hon. James C. Cacheris, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2000-2001
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2001-2008
  • Assistant public defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland, 2008-2019; first assistant public defender, 2015-2019

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