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Denise Jefferson Casper
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · 2010
Denise Jefferson Casper , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Denise Jefferson Casper (born January 9, 1968) is an American attorney serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She used to be the Deputy District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney's Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Casper is the first black female judge to serve on the federal bench in Massachusetts.
Education
- Wesleyan UniversityB.A., 1990
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1994
Career
Law clerk, Massachusetts Appeals Court, 1994-1995; Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995-1998; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1999-2005; Instructor, Boston University School of Law, 2005-2007; Deputy district attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 2007-2010; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2026-present
Biography
Denise Jefferson Casper (born January 9, 1968) is an American attorney serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She used to be the Deputy District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney's Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Casper is the first black female judge to serve on the federal bench in Massachusetts.
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