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Christy Criswell Wiegand

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Active service.

Confirmed 82 to 14Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump
Nominated
February 12, 2020
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
June 17, 2020
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 23, 2020
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 82 to 14
Confirmed
September 9, 2020
Commissioned
September 11, 2020
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1975, 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, Washington, D.C., 2000-2002
  • Law clerk, Hon. D. Brooks Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2002-2003
  • Instructor, Writing in the Legal Profession, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Civil Division, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2004-2018; deputy chief, Civil Division, 2013-2018
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Major Crimes, Criminal Division, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2018-2020; Project Safe Childhood Task Force, 2018-2020

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