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Maria Araujo Kahn
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 3, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 2, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 42
- Confirmed
- March 9, 2023
- Commissioned
- March 10, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1964, 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. Peter C. Dorsey, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1989-1991
- Deputy assistant public defender, State of Connecticut, 1991-1993
- Adjunct faculty, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1991-1993, 2020, 2022
- Staff attorney, Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, Hartford, Connecticut, 1993-1997
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Connecticut, 1997-2006; Civil Division, 1997-1999; Criminal Division, 1999-2004; computer crimes coordinator, 2004-2006
- Judge, Connecticut Superior Court, 2006-2017
- Adjunct faculty, Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2012-
- Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court, 2017
- Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court, 2017-2023
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