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Margaret M. Garnett
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 49 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- July 11, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 26, 2023
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 14, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 49 to 46
- Confirmed
- November 28, 2023
- Commissioned
- January 9, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1971, 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
- Private practice, New York City, 2000-2004
- Law clerk, Hon. Gerard E. Lynch, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2004-2005
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 2005-2017
- Deputy chief, Violent Crimes Unit, 2010-2011
- Chief, Violent Crimes Unit, 2011-2014
- Chief, Violent and Organized Crime Unit, 2014
- Deputy chief, Criminal Appeals Unit, 2015-2016
- Chief, Criminal Appeals Unit, 2017
- Adjunct professor, trial advocacy seminar, Brooklyn Law School, 2015, 2017
- Adjunct professor, federal prosecution seminar and externship, Columbia Law School, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Executive deputy attorney general for criminal justice, State of New York, 2017-2018
- Commissioner, New York City Department of Investigation, 2018-2021
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2021-2023; deputy U.S. attorney, 2021-2023; special counsel, 2023
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