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Paula Xinis' Biography

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Office

6500 Cherrywood Lane, Suite 400
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Full Name:

Paula Xinis

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1968

Birth Place:

Mineola, NY

JD, Yale Law School, 1994-1997

Attended, American History, Yale University, 1992

BA, University of Virginia, 1989-1991

Attended, Vassar College, 1987-1989

No political experience information on file.

Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2016-present

Senior Trial Attorney/Partner, Murphy Falcon & Murphy, 2011-2016

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, May 16, 2016

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, March 26, 2015

Research and Writing Attorney Supervisor, District of Maryland, 2008-2011

Director of Training, District of Maryland, 2006-2011

Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland, 1998-2011

Complaint Examiner, Office of Police Complaints for the District of Columbia, 2005-2011

Complaint Examiner, District of Columbia Office of Police Complaints, 2005-2010

Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2000

Law Clerk, Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997-1998

Law Clerk-Intern, The Honorable Alan Novas, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1995

Law Clerk-Intern, The Honorable José Cabranes, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1995

Legal Secretary, Roberts, Guillard, Kambas, Cousins & Sweigart, 1992-1993

Researcher/Assistant to Executive Director, Ash Lawn-Highland House Museum of President James Monroe, 1991-1992

Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2009-present

Permanent Member, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2009-present

Member, Board of Governors, Federal Bar Association, 2005-present

Member, Board of Governors, American Society of Legal Advocates

Member, Maryland Association of Justice

Member, Maryland Bar Foundation

Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member, Wednesday Law Club

Member, House of Ruth Mentorship Program, 2005-2007

Lawyers' Assistance Program Committee Member/Leadership Academy Fellows Program Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 2001-2007

Member, Merit Selection Committee for United States Magistrate Judges, 2003-2007

Member, The Dance Competition Interest Group, Steering Committee, 2006

Summer Associate, Covington & Burling, Limited Liability Partnership, 1996

Director of Development/Board of Directors Member, The Long Ridge School, 1993-1995

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