Christy Criswell Wiegand
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Born 1975.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Feb 12, 2020
- Senate vote
- 82 to 14
- Confirmed
- Sep 9, 2020
- Commissioned
- Sep 11, 2020
Education
- A.B., Princeton University, 1997
- J.D., Cornell Law School, 2000
Career
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-2002
- Law clerk, Hon. D. Brooks Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2002-2003
- Instructor, Writing in the Legal Profession, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Civil Division, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2004-2018
- deputy chief, Civil Division, 2013-2018
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Major Crimes, CriminalDivision, Western District of Pennsylvania, 2018-2020
- Project Safe Childhood Task Force, 2018-2020
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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