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William G. Young
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Senior status since July 1, 2021.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- March 8, 1985
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 3, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- April 3, 1985
- Commissioned
- April 4, 1985
- Senior status
- Since July 1, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Not published yet
Born 1940, 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
- U.S. Army captain, 1962-1964
- Law clerk, Hon. Raymond S. Wilkins, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1967-68
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968-1972, 1975-1978
- Special assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1970-1972
- Chief counsel, Gov. Francis W. Sargent, Massachusetts, 1972-1974
- Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1978-1985
- Lecturer in law, Boston College Law School, 1968-
- Lecturer in law, Boston University Law School, 1979-
- Lecturer in law, Harvard Law School, 1979-1990
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