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
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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