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Tanya Chutkan's Biography

Contact Information

E. Barrett, Prettyman United States Courthouse
333 Constitution Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20001

Full Name:

Tanya Sue Chutkan

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1962

Birth Place:

Kingston, Jamaica

JD, Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1987

BA, Economics, George Washington University, 1983

No political experience information on file.

Judge, United States District Court, District of Columbia, 2014-present

Attorney, Boies, Schiller, & Flexner Limited Liability Partnership

Former Attorney, Boies, Schiller, & Flexner, Limited Liability Partnership

Former Faculty Member, Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop

Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1990-1996, 2000-2002

Lead Attorney, Homicide, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1997-1999

Lead Attorney, Sex Offenses and Domestic Violence, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, 1996-1997

Member, District of Columbia Bar Association, Criminal Law and Individual Rights Secton, 1996-2000

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