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James Emanuel Boasberg

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 2011

James Emanuel Boasberg , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Senate voted 96–0 on the nomination on Mar 14, 2011 (Nomination Confirmed). James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed in 2011 by President Barack Obama and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Boasberg previously served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2002 to 2011, having been appointed by President George W.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
    112th Congress · Nomination Confirmed    96–0 · Mar 14, 2011

Education

  • Yale CollegeB.A., 1985
  • University of OxfordM.St., 1986
  • Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1990

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1991; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1991-1994; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1996; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1996-2002; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2023-present

Biography

James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed in 2011 by President Barack Obama and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Boasberg previously served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2002 to 2011, having been appointed by President George W.

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