Paula Xinis at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 18, 2016–present
Paula Xinis
Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Private practice, Baltimore, MD, 2011-2016
- research and writing attorney supervisor, 2008-2011
- director of training, 2006-2011
- Complaint examiner, District of Columbia Office of Police Complaints, 2005-2010
- Assistant federal public defender, District of Maryland, 1998-2011
Judicial service
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Judge, District Court, D. Maryland, 2016-present
Education
- University of Virginia-Main Campus · B.A., 1991
- Yale University · J.D., 1997
- University of Virginia
Personal record
Born 1968 · Mineola, NY
Courtroom rules and guidance
Courtroom Technology
Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.
Jury Evidence Recording System (JERS) . The District has two Jury Evidence Recording System (JERS) equipment in each division. JERS allows for jurors to view exhibits electronically in the jury deliberation room.Courthouse/Courtroom Technology | District of Maryland | United States District Court ↗
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394851CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8655/paula-xinis/Courthouse/Courtroom Technology | District of Maryland | United States District Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 24, 2026
https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/courthousecourtroom-technologyFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts