Confirmed

Professionally Diverse

Margaret Guzman

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

NominatedJuly 13, 2022

ConfirmedMarch 1, 2023

  • Margaret Guzman was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 1, 2023.

  • Previously, she served as a judge for the Ayer District Court in Middlesex County, a role she had since 2017. Prior to that, she served as a judge on the Massachusetts Trial Court.

  • From 2005 to 2009, Guzman was a solo practitioner focused on criminal defense.

  • Before that, she served as a public defender for the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services from 1992 to 2005.

  • Upon confirmation, Guzman became the first Hispanic judge to sit on the federal U.S. District Court for Massachusetts. 
  • Guzman received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1992 and her B.A. from Clark University in 1989.