Deborah K. Chasanow
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1993 and confirmed by voice vote, Deborah K. Chasanow is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1948 · age 78
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1993
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Rutgers 1970 · Stanford Law School 1974
- Succeeded
- Alexander Harvey II
- Succeeded by
- Paula Xinis
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | District of Maryland succeeded Alexander Harvey II | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Rutgers University | B.A. | 1970 |
| Stanford Law School | J.D. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Chasanow was assigned 7,219 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 176 days across 6,917 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 468 of Chasanow’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 412 were affirmed, 35 reversed or vacated, and 21 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Chasanow authored 247 published opinions for the court (1994–2012). Most cited: Securities & Exchange Commission v. Lawbaugh (381 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Lawbaugh | 359 F. Supp. 2d 418 | 381 |
| 2003 | Khoury v. Meserve | 268 F. Supp. 2d 600 | 323 |
| 2004 | Stratagene v. Parsons Behle & Latimer | 315 F. Supp. 2d 765 | 218 |
| 2002 | Brown v. Stallworth | 235 F. Supp. 2d 453 | 205 |
| 2011 | Ground Zero Museum Workshop v. Wilson | 813 F. Supp. 2d 678 | 94 |
| 2002 | Swedish Civil Aviation Admin. v. Project Management Enterprises, Inc. | 190 F. Supp. 2d 785 | 91 |
| 2011 | Thorn v. Sebelius | 766 F. Supp. 2d 585 | 83 |
| 2010 | Jones v. Koons Automotive, Inc. | 752 F. Supp. 2d 670 | 68 |
| 2006 | Dring v. Sullivan | 423 F. Supp. 2d 540 | 67 |
| 2003 | Odyssey Travel Center, Inc. v. RO Cruises, Inc. | 262 F. Supp. 2d 618 | 64 |
| 2005 | International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Werner-Masuda | 390 F. Supp. 2d 479 | 62 |
| 2010 | Lopez v. NTI, LLC | 748 F. Supp. 2d 471 | 60 |
| 2000 | CoStar Group, Inc. v. LoopNet, Inc. | 106 F. Supp. 2d 780 | 60 |
| 2006 | Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. Delane | 446 F. Supp. 2d 402 | 58 |
| 2009 | CoStar Realty Information, Inc. v. Meissner | 604 F. Supp. 2d 757 | 57 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 247 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Deborah K. Chasanow?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Deborah K. Chasanow to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1993.
- Was Deborah K. Chasanow appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Deborah K. Chasanow was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Deborah K. Chasanow's confirmation vote?
- Deborah K. Chasanow was confirmed by voice vote on October 18, 1993. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Deborah K. Chasanow on?
- Deborah K. Chasanow is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/content/1988-1994 (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).