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Richard Gaylore Stearns

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1993

Richard Gaylore Stearns , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Richard Gaylore Stearns (born June 27, 1944) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Education

  • Stanford UniversityB.A., 1968
  • University of Oxford, Balliol CollegeM.Litt., political philosophy, 1971
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1976

Career

Special assistant, U.S. Sen. George McGovern ofMassachusetts, 1972-1973; Speech writer, Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III, Massachusetts, 1975-1976; Norfolk County [Massachusetts] District Attorney's Office, 1976-1982; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1982-1990; Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1990-1993

Biography

Richard Gaylore Stearns (born June 27, 1944) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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