Mark W. Pedersen is a United States magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Pedersen has been a federal judge since his appointment on Nov. 5, 2019.
Judge Pedersen received his bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 1979 and his Juris Doctor degree in 1982 from University at Buffalo Law School. Pedersen served as an Assistant District Attorney in Monroe County from 1986-1997, and also served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy from 1985 until 2013. From 1997 to 2019, he was the principal law clerk to U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
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