Address: J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building 844 N. King Street Unit 17 Room 6312 Wilmington, DE 19801-3555
Courtroom: 6D
Please note: Judge Hall’s Form Scheduling Orders were revised as of January 19, 2024.
General Chambers: Phone 302-252-2577
Case Manager: Phone: 302-573-4602
Courtroom Deputy: Phone: 302-252-2564
Court Reporter: Heather Triozzi Email: heather_triozzi@ded.uscourts.gov
Term Law Clerks: Gregory Gramling Margaret Wells Karen Kukla
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Standing Orders / Preferences
Past and Present Law Clerks The following individuals have served as law clerks for Judge Hall:
2019-2022 Sara Metzler, Esquire University of Michigan (B.S.) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.)
2019-2020 Term Andrew Kerrick, Esquire Queen’s University (B.S.) and University of New Hampshire School of Law (J.D.)
2020-2021 Term Justin Lewis, Esquire Clark University (B.S.) and University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D.)
2021-2022 Term Asher McGuffin, Esquire Rice University (B.S.), Boston University (M.S.), and Suffolk University Law School (J.D.)
2022-2023 Term Ellen Watlington, Esquire University of California-Berkeley (B.A.) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.)
2022-2025 Gregory Gramling, Esquire University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) and Duke University School of Law (J.D.)
2023-2024 Term Stephen Loertscher, Esquire Utah State University (B.A.) and J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (J.D.)
2024-2025 Term Paul S. Macri, Esquire Drexel University of Arts and Sciences (B.S.) and Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (J.D.)
M. Houston Brown, Jr., Esquire Columbia University, Columbia College (B.A.) and Cornell Law School (J.D.)
Margaret Wells, Esquire Emory University, College of Arts and Sciences (B.A.) and the University of Chicago Law School (J.D.)
2025-2026 Term Karen Kukla, Esquire Purdue University (B.S.) and Indiana University Maurer School of Law (J.D.)
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on July 11, 2023, to a seat vacated by Richard G. Andrews; confirmed by the Senate on October 17, 2023, and received commission on January 4, 2024.
Education:
University of Minnesota, B.S., 1997
Yale University, M.Phil., Ph.D., 2000, 2003
University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 2006
Professional Career:
2019-2024: Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
2011-2019: Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware
2008-2011: Private Practice, Wilmington, Delaware
2007-2008: Law clerk, Judge Kent A. Jordan, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
2006-2007: Law clerk, Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
