Gesner, Beth P.

Court:

District of Maryland

Title:

Magistrate Judge

Chambers:

Baltimore, MD

Status:

Other

Nomination Information:

Educational Background:

President:

N/A

Law School:

Georgetown University, J.D., 1983

Nominated:

N/A

Other Schools:

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1979

Confirmed:

1999

 

Prior Federal Judicial Service:

None


Professional Career History:

Upon graduation from law school, Judge Gesner served as law clerk to the Honorable William B. Bryant of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. From October 1984 to March 1987, Judge Gesner worked as a litigation attorney at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D. C. In April 1987, Judge Gesner was appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, where she handled both civil and criminal cases. From September 1992 through April 1993, Judge Gesner was detailed to the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., to work on the United States House of Representatives Bank Investigation as an Assistant to the Special Counsel to the Attorney General, Malcolm R. Wilkey.

In September 1993, Judge Gesner was selected as the Chief of the newly created Southern Division of the United States Attorney’s office in Greenbelt, Maryland. While serving in that position, Judge Gesner received the United States Attorney’s Office Award for Outstanding Prosecution. From November 1996 to May 1997, Judge Gesner served as the Acting First Assistant United States Attorney. Judge Gesner thereafter returned to her position as Chief of the Southern Division where she remained until her appointment as a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in May 1999.


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 Unqualified

Nov 22, 2009, 5:05 PM 
2010 Cycle #1

Magistrate Beth Gesner lacks the basic qualifcations to serve as federal magistrate, and clearly did not earn her position based on merit. This incompetent jurist remarkably insisted that she knew better than five licensed medical professional as to whether a person had a disability, she insisted that an officer documented to have fabricated incident reports could still be credible on related testimony, and she repeatedly failed to keep track of the most basic facts and issues in the case. She arrogantly refuses to acknowledge her mistakes when pointed out, and tries to ignore or conceal them. Most apalling how her decisions are based on the prevailing political winds, in particular her insistence that our laws and court rules should be relaxed in light of 9-11, and that minimum wage security contractors should be given more discretion to violate individual civil liberties in light of 9-11.

 – Anonymous (Unregistered)

 
 

 Any interviews scheduled/word on hire?

Oct 11, 2010, 9:23 PM 
2010 Cycle #2

Anyone know if Gesner has scheduled any interviews yet?


 – Anonymous (Unregistered)