Deborah K. Chasanow

Deborah Chasanow
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office 2010 – October 3, 2014
Preceded by	Benson Everett Legg
Succeeded by	Catherine C. Blake
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office October 20, 1993 – October 3, 2014
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Alexander Harvey, II
Succeeded by	Paula Xinis
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 67–68) Washington, D.C.
Alma mater	Rutgers University Stanford Law School

Deborah K. Chasanow (born 23 April 1948) is a Senior United States District Judge.

Biography

Born in Washington, D.C., Chasanow received a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1970 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1974. She was a law clerk, Hon. David L. Cahoon, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Maryland from 1974 to 1975, and was in private practice in Washington, D.C. in 1975. She was an Assistant state attorney general in the Office of the Maryland Attorney General from 1975 to 1987, and was chief of the Criminal Appeals Division from 1979 to 1987. She was a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland from 1987 to 1993.

On August 6, 1993, Chasanow was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Alexander Harvey, II. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 18, 1993, and received her commission on October 20, 1993. She became chief judge in 2010, serving in that capacity until she assumed senior status on October 3, 2014.

Sources

• Deborah K. Chasanow at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.