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Richard Gaylore Stearns
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- October 27, 1993
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 18, 1993
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 18, 1993
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 20, 1993
- Commissioned
- November 24, 1993
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1944, 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
- Special assistant, U.S. Sen. George McGovern of Massachusetts, 1972-1973
- Speech writer, Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III, Massachusetts, 1975-1976
- Norfolk County [Massachusetts] District Attorney's Office, 1976-1982
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1982-1990
- Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1990-1993
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