Theodore D. Chuang | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
Assumed office May 2, 2014 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Roger W. Titus |
Personal details | |
Born | Theodore David Chuang October 17,1969 Media,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
Education | Harvard University (BA,JD) |
Theodore David Chuang (born October 17,1969) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and former deputy general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Chuang was born in Media,Pennsylvania,in 1969. [1] His parents are immigrants from Taiwan. [2] Chuang earned a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1991; [1] as an undergraduate,he wrote for The Harvard Crimson. [2] He went on to earn a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1994. [1] As a law student,he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review . [1] [3]
Chuang began his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Dorothy Wright Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,from 1994 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998,he served as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. From 1998 to 2004,he served as an assistant United States attorney in the District of Massachusetts. [1] He served as counsel at the law firm of Wilmer,Cutler,Pickering,Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington,D.C. from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2009,he was deputy chief investigative counsel for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. In 2009,he was chief investigative counsel for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. [1] From 2009 until his confirmation as a federal judge in 2014,he served as deputy general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security. [1] [4] [3]
On September 25,2013,President Barack Obama nominated Chuang to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland,to the seat being vacated by Judge Roger W. Titus,who assumed senior status on January 17,2014. [4] Chuang's nomination was strongly supported by Maryland's two U.S. senators,Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski. [2] He was rated "well-qualified" by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. [5] On January 16,2014,his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 10–8 vote. [6] On April 29,2014,Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Chuang's nomination. On May 1,2014,the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 54–43 vote. [7] Later that day,Chuang was confirmed by a 53–42 vote. [8] He received his judicial commission on May 2,2014. [3] Chuang sits in Greenbelt,Maryland. [2]
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