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Michael A. Chagares
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 98 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 25, 2006
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 14, 2006
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 30, 2006
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 98 to 0
- Confirmed
- April 4, 2006
- Commissioned
- April 20, 2006
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1962, 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. Morton I. Greenberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1987-1988
- Private practice, New Jersey, 1988-1990
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 1990-2004; chief, Civil Division, 1999-2004
- Adjunct professor, Seton Hall School of Law, 1991-2006
- Private practice, Hackensack, New Jersey, 2004-2006
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2021-present
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