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Karen K. Caldwell
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Active service.
Confirmed 100 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 4, 2001
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 4, 2001
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 18, 2001
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 100 to 0
- Confirmed
- October 23, 2001
- Commissioned
- October 24, 2001
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1956, 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
- Field claims representative, State Farm Fire & Casualty, 1980-1987
- Adjunct professor, Eastern Kentucky University, 1984-1985, 1987
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1987-1990
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1991-1993
- Private practice, Kentucky, 1993-2001
- Adjunct professor, Transylvania University, 2000
- Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2018-present; chair, 2019-present
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