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James Emanuel Boasberg

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Active service.

Confirmed 96 to 0Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
January 5, 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Not published yet
Committee action
Reported (favorably), February 3, 2011
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 96 to 0
Confirmed
March 14, 2011
Commissioned
March 17, 2011
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1963, 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. 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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