Patti Saris
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Patti Saris is a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She joined the court in 1993 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early Life and Education
Born in Massachusetts, Saris graduated from Radcliffe College with her Bachelor's Degree in 1973 and later from Harvard Law School with her J.D. degree in 1976.[1]
Legal Career
Saris was a law clerk for Massachusetts State Supreme Court Justice Robert Braucher of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 1976 to 1977. Saris was a private practice attorney in Massachusetts from 1977 to 1979. Saris served as Staff Counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee from 1979 to 1981. Saris served as Assistant U.S. District Attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1986. While at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Saris was the Chief Attorney of the Civil Division representing the United States in Civil cases from 1984 to 1986. Saris was the Associate Justice for the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1989 to 1993. [1]
Federal Judicial Career
Saris was a Federal Magistrate Judge from 1984 to 1986 for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. [1]
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, Saris was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts by President Bill Clinton on October 27, 1993 to a seat vacated by Walter Skinner. Saris was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 20, 1993 on Senate vote and received commission on November 24, 1993. [2]
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Federal judges of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
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| Article III judges |
Chief judge: Wolf • Gertner • Gorton • O'Toole • Ponsor • Saris • Saylor • Stearns • Tauro • Woodlock • Young • Zobel • Vacancy |
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| Magistrate judges |
Chief judge: Dein • Bowler • Collings • Hillman • Neiman • Sorokin |
| Former judges |
Aldrich • Brewster • Caffrey • Campbell • Davis • Dodge • Ford • Freedman • Garrity • Healey • Julian • Keeton • Lindsay • Francis Cabot Lowell • James Arnold Lowell • John Lowell • John A. Lowell • Mazzone • McCarthy • McLellan • McNaught • Morton • Murray • D. Nelson • T. Nelson • Skinner • Sprague • Sweeney • Wyzanski |
| Boston |
Bowler • Collings • Dein • Gertner • Gorton • Harrington • O'Toole • Saris • Sorokin • Stearns • Tauro • Wolf • Woodlock • Young • Zobel • Vacancy |
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