Gerard M. Karam is an American lawyer who serves as the

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for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Education

Karam earned a

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degree from

Saint Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh olde ...

in 1984 and a

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

from the

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is a private law school in New Orleans, Louisiana affiliated with Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola's law school opened in 1914 and is now located on the Broadway Campus of the university in the hi ...

in 1987.

Career

From 1987 to 1995, Karam worked as an independent attorney. Karam joined the Lackawanna County

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'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 The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, M.D. Pa.) is a district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania. The court was created in 1901 by subdividing t ...

. Since 1995, he has also worked as an attorney at Mazzoni Karam Petorak and Valvano.

U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

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. On April 25, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate. On June 9, 2022, his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a

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; senators

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, Mike Lee, Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn were recorded as "Nay". He was confirmed in the Senate by

on June 13, 2022. He was sworn into office on June 21, 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karam, Gerard Living people 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers Loyola University New Orleans College of Law alumni Pennsylvania lawyers People from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Public defenders Saint Joseph University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) United States Attorneys for the Middle District of Pennsylvania