Skip to content
Election Wrld, home
Senate D 45I 2R 53House D 214I 1R 218Governors D 24R 26Election Day Tue, Nov 3Seats as of Oct 28

Karen Spencer Marston

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Born 1968.

Federal judicial service

Newest first

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by
Donald J. Trump (Republican)
Nominated
Sep 9, 2019
Senate vote
87 to 6
Confirmed
Dec 19, 2019
Commissioned
Dec 20, 2019

Education

  • B.A., Davidson College, 1990
  • M.A.T., Salem College, 1994
  • J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 1998

Career

  • Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1998-2000
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Western District of North Carolina, 2000-2006
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2006-2019
  • Criminal Division, 2006-2018
  • chief, Narcotics and Organized Crime, 2018-2019
  • Adjunct professor, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2013, 2016

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

A work of the U.S. government, not under copyright (17 U.S.C. 105).