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Douglas Preston Woodlock
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Senior status since June 1, 2015.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- April 22, 1986
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 14, 1986
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 12, 1986
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 13, 1986
- Commissioned
- June 16, 1986
- Senior status
- Since June 1, 2015
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1947, 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. Frank J. Murray, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1975-1976
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1976-1979, 1983-1986
- Chairman, Hamilton [Massachusetts] Board of Appeals, 1978-1979
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1979-1983
- Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1980, 1981
- Chairman, Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, 1984-1986
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