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Maria Lanahan

Hon. Maria Lanahan

Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

Maria Lanahan most recently was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Lanahan previously served as senior manager and litigation counsel for Charter Communications, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri, and as an associate in the St. Louis office of Thompson Coburn, LLP. Ms. Lanahan also served as a law clerk to Judge Raymond Gruender of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and to Justice Brian K. Zahra of the Michigan Supreme Court. Ms. Lanahan earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Gonzaga University, where she was a member of the women’s varsity basketball team, and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as an Articles Editor for the University of Chicago Law Review.

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