Martin Karl ReidingerMartin Karl Reidinger is the chief United States district judge of the United States [District Court for the Western District of North Carolina].Education and careerBorn in New Haven, Connecticut, Reidinger received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of [North Carolina at Chapel Hill] in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1984. He was in private practice in Asheville from 1984 to 2007.Federal judicial serviceOn January 9, 2007, Reidinger was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District [Court for the Western District of North Carolina] vacated by Graham Calder Mullen. Reidinger was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 10, 2007, and received his commission on September 12, 2007. He became chief judge on June 2, 2020.Personal lifeReidinger lives in Asheville, North Carolina. He is married and has three daughters and a son.