Edward Harrington
| Edward Harrington | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #2 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 2/2/1988 - 3/1/2001 |
| Senior: | 3/1/2001 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Andrew Caffrey |
| Succeeded by: | George O'Toole |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1933 |
| Home State: | Fall River, MA |
| Bachelors: | College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1955 |
| Law School: | Boston College Law School, J.D., 1960 |
| Military service: | U.S. Navy 1955-1957, Reserves 1957-1972 |
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Early life and education
A native of Massachusetts, Harrington graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with his Bachelor's Degree in 1955 and later graduated from Boston College Law School with his Juris Doctor in 1960. Also, Harrington served in the Armed Forces as a U.S. Navy Lieutenant in the JAG (Judge Advocate General) Corps from 1955 to 1957 and also served in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant from 1957 to 1972.[1]
Military service
Edward Harrington served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant in the JAG corps from 1955-1957 and the Reserves from 1957-1972.[1]
Professional career
- Law clerk, Hon. Paul C. Reardon, Chief Judge, Massachusetts Superior Courts, 1960-1961
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1961
- Trial attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1961-1965
- Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1965-1969
- Private practice, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1969
- Attorney-in-charge, U.S. Department of Justice's 'Strike Force' agst. Organized Crime, 1970-1973
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1973-1977
- U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1977-1981
- Private practice, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1981-1988[1]
Judicial career
District of Massachusetts
Harrington was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 18, 1987 to a seat vacated by Andrew Caffrey. Harrington was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 19, 1988 on a Senate vote and received his commission on February 22, 1988. He assumed senior status on March 1, 2001.[1] His position was filled by George O'Toole.
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Andrew Caffrey |
District of Massachusetts 1988–2001 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: George O'Toole |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
