Taryn A. Merkl

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Taryn A. Merkl

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

3

Elections and appointments
Appointed

2021

Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan

Law

Columbia Law School

Taryn A. Merkl is a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Merkl assumed office on May 3, 2021.

Biography

Education

Merkl earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan. She earned a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Merkl served as a law clerk with U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Chief Judge John M. Walker, Jr. and with U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Jan DuBois.[1]

Professional career

Merkl's career experience includes working as a senior counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, as a lecturer with Columbia Law School, and as an adjunct professor with the Cardozo School of Law.[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of New York

Taryn Merkl joined the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York as a federal magistrate judge on May 3, 2021.[1]

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