Identity

About Theodore D. Chuang

Titles and dates come from the District of Maryland chambers bio, the Federal Judicial Center, and the Senate roll-call. Emphasis is the compiler’s. Identity confidence: high. No competing notable public figure using this name was located. The Senate Judiciary hearing still (19 December 2013) is used on this identity page and as the homepage lead.

Theodore D. Chuang, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing still — Theodore D. Chuang. Still from official U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee judicial-nominations hearing video, 19 December 2013. U.S. government work (Congress). Wikimedia Commons File:Theodore_Chuang.png.

Theodore David Chuang is a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland. He sits in Greenbelt. The name is distinctive. The court’s official biography, the Federal Judicial Center directory, and Senate vote 127 (May 1, 2014, 53–42, PN1221) identify the same person. This page is identity only. The episodes live in the posts. This is not the biography the court would write for a ceremonial program.

Documented roles

Birth / education. Born 1969, Media, Pennsylvania. Harvard College B.A. 1991; Harvard Law J.D. 1994. Court bio: magna cum laude at the law school; Harvard Law Review editor; grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts; two terms on the Lexington Town Meeting. FJC; D. Md. bio.
1994–1995. Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. FJC.
1995–1998. Trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice. FJC.
1998–2004. Assistant United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts. FJC.
2004–2007. Private practice, Washington, D.C. (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr on the court bio). FJC / chambers.
2007–2009. Deputy chief investigative counsel, House Oversight; 2009, chief investigative counsel, House Energy and Commerce. FJC.
2009–2014. DHS associate general counsel (2009–2011); deputy general counsel (2011–2014). FJC.
September 25, 2013 / January 6, 2014. Nominated; first nomination returned with no Senate vote; renominated. FJC.
May 1, 2014. Senate confirmation, 53–42, vote 127; cloture 54–43 the same day. Senate vote 127.
May 2, 2014–present (as of 2026-08-22). Commissioned United States District Judge, District of Maryland; Greenbelt duty station. FJC; chambers bio.
Other public affiliations on the court bio. D.C. Bar Board of Governors; American Law Institute; Harvard Board of Overseers. ALI.

What this site is not

It is not a finding that Judge Chuang committed a crime. Pre-bench FEC itemizations are disclosure records, not a conviction. Recusal commentary is not a judicial-ethics finding; no reviewing-court recusal order was located in the 2017 IRAP materials used here. A district-court preliminary injunction is not a Supreme Court holding. A Fourth Circuit stay is not optional reading. An APA judgment on the pleadings is not the last word once a notice of appeal is on the docket.

It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.