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John Peter Cronan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 55 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- February 27, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 4, 2020
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 14, 2020
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 55 to 42
- Confirmed
- August 6, 2020
- Commissioned
- August 10, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1976, 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. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2001
- Law clerk, Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2001-2002
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert A. Katzmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2002-2003
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Civil Division, Southern District of New York, 2003-2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 2007-2017; deputy chief, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, 2014-2016; chief/co-chief, Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, 2016-2017
- Adjunct clinical professor of law, New York University School of Law, 2015-2017
- Principal deputy assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017-2020; acting assistant attorney general, 2017-2018
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