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William G. Young
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1985
William G. Young , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. William Glover Young (born September 23, 1940) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He was appointed in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan, and he served as chief judge of the district from 1999 to 2005. Young was a judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1978 to 1985.
Education
- Harvard UniversityA.B., 1962
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1967
Career
U.S. Army captain, 1962-1964; Law clerk, Hon. Raymond S. Wilkins, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1967-68; Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968-1972, 1975-1978; Special assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1970-1972; Chief counsel, Gov. Francis W. Sargent, Massachusetts, 1972-1974; Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1978-1985; Lecturer in law, Boston College Law School, 1968-; Lecturer in law, Boston University Law School, 1979-; Lecturer in law, Harvard Law School, 1979-1990
Biography
William Glover Young (born September 23, 1940) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He was appointed in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan, and he served as chief judge of the district from 1999 to 2005. Young was a judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1978 to 1985.
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