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John Michael Gallagher
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Active service.
Confirmed 83 to 9Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- October 15, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 16, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 83 to 9
- Confirmed
- December 19, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 31, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1966, 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
- Police officer, New York City, 1989-1994
- Assistant district attorney, Bronx County, New York, 1994-1996
- Assistant special prosecutor, New York City Police Department, 1996-1997
- Assistant district attorney, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, 1997-1998
- Special counsel to police commissioner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998-2000
- White House Fellow, counsel to attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2000-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney and civil rights coordinator, District of New Mexico, 2001-2003
- Assistant chief of police, Administration Division, Miami, Florida, 2003-2004
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004-2019; chief, Allentown Branch Office, 2014-2019
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