Mary A. McLaughlin

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Mary A. McLaughlin is a former American judge from Philadelphia. She earned a BA from Gwynedd-Mercy College in 1968, an MA from Bryn Mawr College in 1969, and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1976. She clerked for Judge Stanley Brotman, worked in private practice, and served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia. She taught at Vanderbilt Law School and was an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers, while also being a partner at Dechert LLP. In 1995 she became chief counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government. President Bill Clinton nominated her to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2000; she was confirmed and began serving in May 2000. She served as a district judge until taking senior status in 2013 and retiring in 2020. She also served on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2008 to 2015.