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UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR JUDICIAL NOMINEES PUBLIC 1. Name: State full name (include any former names used). Deborah Lynn Boardman 2. Posjtion: State the position for which you have been nominated. United States District Judge for the District of Maryland 3. Address: List current office address. If city and state ofresidence differs from your place of employment, please list the city and state where you currently reside. United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Chambers 8C 101 West Lombard Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 4. Birthplace: State year and place of birth. 1974; Silver Spring, Maryland 5. Education: List in reverse chronological order each college, law school, or any other institution of higher education attended and indicate for each the dates of attendance, whether a degree was received, and the date each degree was received. 1997 -2000, University of Virginia School of Law; J.D., 2000 1993, Georgetown University; no degree awarded 1992 - 1996, Villanova University; B.A., 1996 6. Employment Record: List in reverse chronological order all governmental agencies, business or professional corporations, companies, firms, or other enterprises, partnerships, institutions or organizations, non-profit or otherwise, with which you have been affiliated as an officer, director, partner, proprietor, or employee since graduation from college, whether or not you received payment for your services. Include the name and address of the employer and job title or description. 2019 - Present United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Chambers 8C 101 West Lombard Street 1 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 United States Magistrate Judge 2008 -2019 Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland 100 South Charles Street, Tower II, Ninth Floor Baltimore, Maryland 21201 First Assistant Federal Public Defender (2015 - 2019) Assistant Federal Public Defender (2008 - 2015) Summer 1999, 2001 -2008 Hogan & Hartson LLP (now Hogan Lovells US LLP) 555 Thirteenth Street Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20009 Senior Pro Bono Associate (2005 - 2007) Litigation Associate (2001 - 2005; 2007 - 2008) Summer Associate (1999) 2000-2001 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 401 Courthouse Square Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Law Clerk to the Honorable James C. Cacheris Summer 1998 United States District Court for the District of Columbia 333 Constitution Avenue Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20001 Summer Intern (uncompensated) for the Honorable Paul L. Friedman Summer 1997 Wilmer Cutler & Pickering LLP (now Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP) 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20006 Project Assistant 7. Military Service and Draft Status: Identify any service in the U.S. Military, including dates of service, branch of service, rank or rate, serial number (if different from social security number) and type of discharge received, and whether you have registered for selective service. I have not served in the military. I was not required to register for selective service. 8. Honors and Awards: List any scholarships, fellowships, honorary degrees, academic or professional honors, honorary society memberships, military awards, and any other special recognition for outstanding service.or achievement. 2 The Defender Award, Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland (2018) Defender oflnnocence Award, Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (2010) Virginia Law Review, Editorial Board Member, University of Virginia School of Law (1998 - 2000) Fulbright Scholar, Amman, Jordan (1996 - 1997) B.A., summa cum laude, Villanova University (1996) John Maynard Keynes Award for Excellence in Economics, Villanova University (1996) Phi Beta Kappa, Villanova University (1995) Presidential Scholar, Villanova University ( 1992 - 1996) 9. Bar Associations: List all bar associations or legal or judicial-related committees, selection panels or conferences of which you are or have been a member, and give the titles and dates of any offices which you have held in such groups. Federal Magistrate Judges Association Maryland State Bar Association United States District Court for the District of Maryland Information Technology Committee, Member (2021 - Present) Disciplinary and Admissions Committee, Member (2019 - Present) Criminal Justice Act Committee, Member (2019 -Present) Securities and Facilities Committee, Member (2019) Local Criminal Discovery Rule Committee, Member (2019) Sealed Filings Committee, Member (2018) Bench-Bar Committee, Member (2013 - 2019) Virginia Bar Association 10. Bar and Court Admission: a. List the date(s) you were admitted to the bar of any state and any lapses in membership. Please explain the reason for any lapse in membership. Maryland, 2011 District of Columbia, 2002 (inactive) Virginia, 2000 (inactive) 3 After becoming a magistrate judge, I did not pay my District of Columbia and Virginia bar dues and my memberships were administratively suspended for non payment of dues in 2020. I reinstated my District of Columbia and Virginia bar memberships in 2021. There have been no other lapses in membership. b. List all courts in which you have been admitted to practice, including dates of admission and any lapses in membership. Please explain the reason for any lapse in membership. Give the same information for administrative bodies that require special admission to practice. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2001 United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2003 United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 2008 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2001 To my knowledge, my memberships in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit have never lapsed. I allowed my memberships in the United States District Courts for District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Virginia to lapse because I was no longer practicing in those jurisdictions. 11. Memberships: a. List all professional, business, fraternal, scholarly, civic, charitable, or other organizations, other than those listed in response to Questions 9 or 10 to which you belong, or to which you have belonged, since graduation from law school. Provide dates of membership or participation, and indicate any office you held. Include clubs, working groups, advisory or editorial boards, panels, committees, conferences, or publications. Capital Coed Soccer League, Washington, District of Columbia (2002- 2012) The Lawyers' Round Table of Baltimore, Member (2019 - Present) University of Virginia School of Law, Class of 2000 Gift & Reunion Committee (2000) b. The American Bar Association's Commentary to its Code of Judicial Conduct states that it is inappropriate for a judge to hold membership in any organization that invidiously discriminates on the basis of race, sex, or religion, or national origin. Indicate whether any of these organizations listed in response to 11 a above currently discriminate or formerly discriminated on the basis of race, sex, religion or national origin either through formal membership requirements or the practical implementation of membership policies. If so, describe any action you have taken to change these policies and practices. 4 To the best of my knowledge, none of the organizations listed in response to 1 la currently discriminates or formerly discriminated on the basis of race, sex, religion or national origin. 12. Published Writings and Public Statements: a. List the titles, publishers, and dates of books, articles, reports, letters to the editor, editorial pieces, or other published material you have written or edited, including material published only on the Internet. Supply four ( 4) copies of all published material to the Committee. None. b. Supply four ( 4) copies of any reports, memoranda or policy statements you prepared or contributed in the preparation of on behalf of any bar association, committee, conference, or organization of which you were or are a member. If you do not have a copy of a report, memorandum or policy statement, give the name and address of the organization that issued it, the date of the document, and a summary of its subject matter. None. c. Supply four ( 4) copies of any testimony, official statements or other communications relating, in whole or in part, to matters of public policy or legal interpretation, that you have issued or provided or that others presented on your behalf to public bodies or public officials. None. d. Supply four ( 4) copies, transcripts or recordings of all speeches or talks delivered by you, including commencement speeches, remarks, lectures, panel discussions, conferences, political speeches, and question-and-answer sessions. Include the date and place where they were delivered, and readily available press reports about the speech or talk. If you do not have a copy of the speech or a transcript or recording of your remarks, give the name and address of the group before whom the speech was given, the date of the speech, and a summary of its subject matter. If you did not speak from a prepared text, furnish a copy of any outline or notes from which you spoke. I have searched my personal files and the Internet in an effort to identify all events responsive to this question. I may have omitted one or more events inadvertently. March 12, 2021: Speaker, Attorney Admissions Ceremony, United States