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Deborah K. Chasanow

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Senior status since October 3, 2014.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
August 6, 1993
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
October 7, 1993
Committee action
Reported (favorably), October 14, 1993
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
October 18, 1993
Commissioned
October 20, 1993
Senior status
Since October 3, 2014
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1948, 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. David L. Cahoon, Maryland Circuit Court, Montgomery County, 1974-1975
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1975
  • Assistant attorney general, State of Maryland, 1975-1987; chief, Criminal Appeals Division, 1979-1987
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2011-2016

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