Paul Lewis Maloney
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
In office 2008–2015
Preceded by	Robert Holmes Bell
Succeeded by	Robert James Jonker
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office July 13, 2007
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Richard Alan Enslen
Personal details
Born	Paul Lewis Maloney (1949-12-15) December 15, 1949 (age 74)[1] Cleveland, Ohio
Education	Lehigh University (BA) University of Detroit School of Law (JD)

Paul Lewis Maloney (born December 15, 1949) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Education and career

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Maloney received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lehigh University in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1975. He was an assistant prosecutor in the Berrien County Prosecutor's Office, Michigan from 1975 to 1981. He was Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney from 1981 to 1989. He was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General of United States Department of Justice Criminal Division from 1989 to 1993. He was Special Assistant to the Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections from 1993 to 1995. He was a judge on Berrien County Trial Court from 1995 to 1996. He was a judge on Berrien County Circuit Court from 1996 to 2007.

Federal judicial service

Maloney is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. Maloney was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 19, 2007, to a seat vacated by Richard Alan Enslen. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 9, 2007, and received his commission on July 13, 2007. He served as Chief Judge from 2008 to 2015.