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Cindy Kyounga Chung
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2023
Cindy Kyounga Chung, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Senate voted 50–44 on the nomination on Feb 13, 2023 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed50–44 · Feb 13, 2023
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1997
- Columbia Law SchoolJ.D., 2002
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Myron H. Thompson, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 2002-2003; District attorney's office, New York County, New York, 2003-2009; assistant district attorney, Trial Bureau 50, 2003-2007; investigation counsel, Official Corruption Unit, 2007-2009; Trial attorney, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2009-2014; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2014-2021; acting deputy chief, Violent Crimes Section, 2015-2017 (intermittently); deputy chief, Major Crimes Section, 2018-2020; Adjunct professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2021; U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 2021-2023
Biography
Cindy Kyounga Chung (born 1975) is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She previously served as United States attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 2021 to 2023.
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