Identity

About Theodore D. Chuang

This site is case-file commentary on official acts by a public figure. Titles and dates come from the Federal Judicial Center, the District of Maryland chambers page, and the Senate roll call. Identity confidence: high. Episodes live on the home case file.

Theodore D. Chuang, Senate Judiciary nomination hearing still — Theodore D. Chuang. Screenshot of official U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing video, 19 December 2013. U.S. government work / public domain (U.S. Congress). Wikimedia Commons File:Theodore_Chuang.png.

Theodore David Chuang is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The Federal Judicial Center directory and the court’s chambers page identify the same person. This page is identity only.

Documented roles

Training. B.A., Harvard College, 1991; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1994 (chambers page: magna cum laude; Harvard Law Review editor). Clerk to Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, Ninth Circuit, 1994–1995. FJC; D. Md..
1995–2007. Trial attorney, Civil Rights Division, DOJ (1995–1998); AUSA, District of Massachusetts (1998–2004); private practice, Washington, D.C. (2004–2007). FJC.
2007–2014. House Oversight deputy chief investigative counsel (2007–2009); House Energy and Commerce chief investigative counsel (2009); DHS associate general counsel (2009–2011); DHS deputy general counsel (2011–2014). FJC.
September 25, 2013 / January 6, 2014. Nominated / renominated by President Obama to D. Maryland (seat vacated by Roger W. Titus).
May 1, 2014. Senate confirmation 53–42 (Roll Call 127). Senate.gov.
May 2, 2014–present (as of 2026-09-09). Commissioned; active district judge (Greenbelt). FJC; D. Md.

What this site is not

Not a court. Not affiliated with Judge Chuang or the District of Maryland. Not a conviction page. See the disclaimer.