Gerard Karam

Gerard Karam
Gerard Karam
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
	Nominee
	Assuming office; TBD
President	Joe Biden
Succeeding	David Freed
Personal details
Education	Saint Joseph's University (BA); Loyola University New Orleans (JD)

Gerard M. Karam is an American lawyer who is the nominee to serve as United States attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Education

Karam earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Joseph's University in 1984 and a Juris Doctor from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1987.[1]

Career

From 1987 to 1995, Karam worked as an independent attorney. Karam joined the Lackawanna County Public Defender's Office in 1991 and remained there until 2003, eventually serving as chief public defender. From 1997 to 2001, he served as a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Since 1995, he has also worked as an attorney at Mazzoni Karam Petorak and Valvano.[2][3]

Nomination as U.S. attorney

On April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Karam to serve as the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.[1] On April 25, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[4] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References

"President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
WRITER, BORYS KRAWCZENIUK STAFF. "Biden to nominate Karam as region's new U.S. attorney". Scranton Times-Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
CNN, Kaitlan Collins and Veronica Stracqualursi. "Biden announces five new nominees for US attorneys". CNN. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
"Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[April22-1] "President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys". The White House. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

[2] WRITER, BORYS KRAWCZENIUK STAFF. "Biden to nominate Karam as region's new U.S. attorney". Scranton Times-Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

[3] CNN, Kaitlan Collins and Veronica Stracqualursi. "Biden announces five new nominees for US attorneys". CNN. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

[4] "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.