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Sandra Lea Lynch
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Senior status since December 31, 2022.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 11, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 8, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 23, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- March 17, 1995
- Commissioned
- March 17, 1995
- Senior status
- Since December 31, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1946, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Raymond Pettine, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, 1971-1973
- Assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1973-1974
- Instructor, Boston University Law School, 1973-1974
- General counsel, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1974-1978
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1978-1995
- Special counsel, Judicial Conduct Commission of Massachusetts, 1990-1992
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2008-2015
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