MARYLAND & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND


PAULA XINIS, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, since May 19, 2016. Chair, Disciplinary and Admissions Committee, 2020.

Member, Merit Selection Committee for United States Magistrate Judges, 2003-07. Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2009-.

Complaint Examiner, Office of Police Complaints, District of Columbia, 2005-11.

Assistant Federal Public Defender, 1998-2011 (director of training, 2006-11; research & writing attorney supervisor, 2008-11).

Born in Mineola, New York, 1968. Vassar College; University of Virginia, B.A., summa cum laude, 1991; Yale Law School, J.D., 1997. Law clerk to Judge Diana Gribbon Motz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1997-98. Admitted to Maryland Bar. Partner, Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, 2013-16 (senior trial attorney, 2011-13). Member, Federal Bar Association (board of governors, 2005-; treasurer, 2011-15; president, maryland chapter, 2019); Maryland State Bar Association. Adjunct Professor (appellate advocacy), University of Maryland School of Law, 2000.
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