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Patti B. Saris
Senior judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Patti B. Saris serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Appointed by William J. Clinton and confirmed Nov 20, 1993. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Confirmed
- Nov 20, 1993
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1951
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of MassachusettsWilliam J. Clinton · Nov 20, 1993
Education
- Radcliffe CollegeB.A., 1973
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1976
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Robert Braucher, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1976-1977; Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977-1979, 1981-1982; Staff counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1981; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1982-1986; chief, Civil Division, 1984-1986; Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1989-1993; Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2010-2017
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