Michael Arthur Chagares (born May 1, 1962) is the

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of the

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Education

Chagares received his

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degree from

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in 1984 and his Juris Doctor from

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in 1987.

Legal career

Chagares began his legal career from 1987 to 1988 as a law clerk for Judge Morton Greenberg of the

. He now occupies the same seat Greenberg once held. Chagares was in private practice the next two years before joining the

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as an Assistant United States Attorney in 1990. He rose to become chief of the Civil Division for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey in 1999, but left the Justice Department in 2004 to return to private practice in

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. Since 1991, Chagares has been an adjunct professor at

Federal judicial service

Chagares was nominated to the Third Circuit by President

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on January 25, 2006 to fill the seat vacated by

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, who resigned to become

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. Chagares's nomination moved unusually swiftly through the

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, and he was confirmed just over two months later on April 4, 2006 by a 98-0 vote. On November 17, 2021, it was announced that Chagares will become the next Chief Judge of the Third Circuit, effective December 4, 2021.

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