Denise Casper

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Denise Casper
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Current Court Information:
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Title:   Judge
Position:   Seat #10
Service:
Appointed by:   Barack Obama
Active:   12/20/2010 - Present
Preceded by:   Reginald Lindsay
Personal History
Born:   1968
Home State:   East Patchogue, NY
Bachelors:   Wesleyan University, 1990
Law School:   Harvard Law School, 1994

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Denise Jefferson Casper (b. 1968) is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was nominated to the court by Barack Obama and received her commission on December 20, 2010. At the time of appointment, she was the Deputy District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [1]

Early life and education

Casper earned a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1990 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1994. [2][1]

Professional career

  • Law clerk for Edith W. Fine and J. Harold Flannery of the Massachusetts Appeals Court
  • Attorney with Bingham McCutchen LLP (civil litigation), 1995 to 1998
  • Assistant United States Attorney in Boston, 1999 to 2005
    • Became Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in 2004
  • Taught legal writing at Boston University School of Law, 2005 to 2007
  • Deputy District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010 [2][1]

Judicial career

District of Massachusetts

President Obama nominated Casper to a seat on the District of Massachusetts on April 28, 2010 to fill the seat vacated by Reginald Lindsay. [3] She was recommended to the President by U.S. Senators John Kerry and Paul Kirk in January of 2010. [4][2]

Casper was unanimously rated "Well Qualified" by the American Bar Association. Casper's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was on July 14, 2010. You can find her Committee Questionnaire Available Here and her Questions for the Record Available Here.[5]

Casper's nomination was reported by committee on August 5, 2010 [6] and she was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 2010. [5][1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Casper Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 White House Press Release "President Obama Names Three to the United States District Court", April 28, 2010
  3. ↑ White House Press Release "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate", 4/28/10
  4. ↑ Associated Press "Obama nominates Casper as federal judge in Boston", April 28, 2010
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress
  6. ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, August 5, 2010
Federal judicial offices
Preceded by:
Reginald Lindsay 		District of Massachusetts
2010–Current
Seat #10 		Succeeded by:
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