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Mary Susan McElroy

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Active service.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump
Nominated
May 21, 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Not published yet
Committee action
Reported (favorably), June 20, 2019
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
September 11, 2019
Commissioned
September 30, 2019
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1965, 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.

All judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Law clerk, Hon. Donald F. Shea, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1992-1993
  • Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1993-1994
  • Rhode Island Public Defender, 1994-2006, 2012-2019; assistant public defender, 1994-2006; public defender, 2012-2019
  • Assistant federal defender, Federal Defender for the Districts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, 2006-2012

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