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Margaret M. Garnett

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 2023–2024

Margaret M. Garnett, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Senate voted 49–46 on the nomination on Nov 28, 2023 (Nomination Confirmed). Margaret Merrell Miller Garnett (born 1971) is an American lawyer from New York who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
    118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    49–46 · Nov 28, 2023

Education

  • University of Notre DameB.A., 1992
  • Yale UniversityM.A., 1995
  • Yale UniversityM.Phil., 1997
  • Columbia Law SchoolJ.D., 2000

Career

Private practice, New York City, 2000-2004; Law clerk, Hon. Gerard E. Lynch, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2004-2005; Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 2005-2017; Deputy chief, Violent Crimes Unit, 2010-2011; Chief, Violent Crimes Unit, 2011-2014; Chief, Violent and Organized Crime Unit, 2014; Deputy chief, Criminal Appeals Unit, 2015-2016; Chief, Criminal Appeals Unit, 2017; Adjunct professor, trial advocacy seminar, Brooklyn Law School, 2015, 2017; Adjunct professor, federal prosecution seminar and externship, Columbia Law School, 2015, 2016, 2017; Executive deputy attorney general for criminal justice, State of New York, 2017-2018; Commissioner, New York City Department of Investigation, 2018-2021; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2021-2023; deputy U.S. attorney, 2021-2023; special c

Biography

Margaret Merrell Miller Garnett (born 1971) is an American lawyer from New York who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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