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Catherine Blake's Biography

Contact Information

Office

101 West Lombard Street
Chambers 7D
Baltimore, MD 21201

Full Name:

Catherine C. Blake

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1950

Birth Place:

Boston, MA

JD, Harvard Law School, 1975

AB, Radcliffe College, 1972

No political experience information on file.

Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2021-present

Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 1995-2014, 2017-2021

Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2014-2017

Administrative Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 1999-2003

United States Magistrate, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 1987-1995

Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, May 4, 1995

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, August 11, 1995

Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1977-1985, 1986-1987

First Assistant United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1983-1985, 1986-1987

United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1985-1986

Attorney, Palmer and Dodge, 1975-1977

Vice President/ Trustee, Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, present

Member, Federal Bar Association, present

Board Member, Federal Judges Association, present

Member, Maryland Bar Association, present

Member, National Association of Women Judges, present

Member, The Wednesday Law Club, present

Member/ Chair, Defender Services Committee, 2010-2016

Member, Federal Judicial Center Board, 2012-2016

Member, Judicial Conference Financial Disclosure Committee, 2006-2010

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