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Maria Ann Lanahan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 12, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 4, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 26, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 45
- Confirmed
- September 9, 2025
- Commissioned
- September 24, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1987, 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. Brian K. Zahra, Michigan Supreme Court, 2013-2014
- Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 2014-2018
- Senior manager, litigation, Charter Communications, St. Louis, Missouri, 2018-2020
- Law clerk, Hon. Raymond W. Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2020-2021
- Office of the Attorney General, State of Missouri, 2021-2025; deputy solicitor general, 2021-2025; principal deputy solicitor general, 2025
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