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James Emanuel Boasberg
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
James Emanuel Boasberg serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Mar 14, 2011 by a 96–0 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- Mar 14, 2011
- Senate vote
- 96–0
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1963
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaBarack Obama · Mar 14, 2011
Education
- Yale CollegeB.A., 1985
- University of OxfordM.St., 1986
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1990
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1991; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1991-1994; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1996; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1996-2002; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2023-present
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