14 Facts About Diane Gujarati

Diane Gujarati was born on July 6,1969 and is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Diane Gujarati was nominated by both former US President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump, but she was only confirmed under Trump.

Diane Gujarati began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge John M Walker Jr.

Diane Gujarati was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1999 to 2020, where she served as Deputy Chief of the Appeals Unit in the Office's Criminal Division from 2006 to 2008.

Diane Gujarati was Deputy Chief of the Office's White Plains Division from 2008 to 2010, and then Chief from 2010 to 2012.

From 2012 to 2020, Diane Gujarati was the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

Diane Gujarati previously served as an adjunct professor of clinical law at New York University School of Law from 2015 to 2018.

On September 13,2016, President Barack Obama nominated Diane Gujarati to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge John Gleeson, who resigned on March 9,2016.

Diane Gujarati was recommended to Obama by US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Diane Gujarati's nomination drew no controversy, but it occurred late in Obama's presidency and was not acted upon.

Diane Gujarati's nomination expired on January 3,2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.

On May 10,2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Diane Gujarati to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Diane Gujarati received her judicial commission on September 18,2020.

Diane Gujarati has been married since 2000 to Charles Chesnut, who was a web site builder as of their wedding, and who as of 2024 is a vice president at Integral, a communications firm.