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''''Kenneth Michael Karas''' (born 1964) is a [[United States federal judge]]. Born in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], Karas received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Georgetown University]] in 1986 and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Columbia University School of Law]] in 1991. He was a [[law clerk]] for the Hon. [[Reena Raggi]], U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1992. He was an assistant [[United States Attorney]] of the Southern District of New York from 1992 to 2004. On September 18, 2003, Karas was nominated by President [[George W. Bush]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] vacated by [[Allen G. Schwartz]]. Karas was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on June 3, 2004, and received commission on June 13, 2004. On May 16, 2008, Karas sentenced Olympic gold medalist [[Tim Montgomery]] to 46 months in prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme. ==Sources== * {{FJC Bio|3057}} {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[[Allen G. Schwartz]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]]|years=2004–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{United States 2nd Circuit district judges}} {{Authority control}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME=Karas, Kenneth M. |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[United States federal judge]] |DATE OF BIRTH=1964 |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Colorado Springs, Colorado]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karas, Kenneth M.}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Columbia Law School alumni]] [[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] [[Category:United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush]] [[Category:Georgetown University alumni]] {{US-judge-stub}}'