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Deborah Chasanow's Biography

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Office

6500 Cherrywood Lane, Suite 400
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Full Name:

Deborah K. Chasanow

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1948

Birth Place:

Washington, DC

JD, Stanford Law School, 1974

BA, Rutgers University, 1970

No political experience information on file.

Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2014-present

Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2010-2014

Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 1993-2010

Professor, University of Maryland Law School, 1987-1993, 1998

United States Magistrate, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 1987-1993

Nominated by President Clinton, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, August 6, 1993

Confirmed by United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, October 18, 1993

Chief, Maryland Criminal Appeals Division, 1979-1987

Assistant State Attorney General, Office of Maryland Attorney General, 1975-1987

Lecturer, University of Baltimore Law School, 1978-1984

Lawyer, Cole and Groner, 1975

Law Clerk, Honorable David L. Cahoon, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Maryland, 1974-1975

Member, Lawyers’ Round Table, present

Member, District Judges Association, present

Former President, Marlborough American Inn of Court

Member, Maryland State Bar Association, present

Member, National Association of Women Judges, present

Former Member, Phi Beta Kappa

Member, Prince George’s County Bar Association, present

Member, Women’s Bar Association, present

Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2011-2016

Member, Federal Magistrate Judges Association, 1987-1999

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