1. Home
  2. Appointees
  3. David Jeremiah Barron

David Jeremiah Barron

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014

David Jeremiah Barron , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The Senate voted 53–45 on the nomination on May 22, 2014 (Nomination Confirmed). David Jeremiah Barron (born 1967) is an American lawyer who serves as the Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and former S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School. He previously served as the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel at the United States Department of Justice.

Senate votes
1

Senate confirmation votes

  • United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit
    113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    53–45 · May 22, 2014

Education

  • Harvard CollegeB.A., 1989
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1994

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1994-1995; Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States, 1995-1996; Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1999, 2009-2010; attorney advisor, 1996-1999; acting assistant attorney general, 2009-2010; consultant, 2010; Harvard Law School, 1999-2014; assistant professor, 1999-2004; professor, 2004-2011; S. William Green professor of public law, 2011-2014; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2022-present

Biography

David Jeremiah Barron (born 1967) is an American lawyer who serves as the Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and former S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School. He previously served as the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel at the United States Department of Justice.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More

From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “David Jeremiah Barron : Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/j3540/david-jeremiah-barron (accessed 2026-10-13).

Open the interactive version ›