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Karen Spencer Marston
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Active service.
Confirmed 87 to 6Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- September 9, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 11, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 24, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 87 to 6
- Confirmed
- December 19, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 20, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1968, 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
- Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1998-2000
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Western District of North Carolina, 2000-2006
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2006-2019; Criminal Division, 2006-2018; chief, Narcotics and Organized Crime, 2018-2019
- Adjunct professor, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2013, 2016
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