Patti Saris
| Patti Saris | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| District of Massachusetts | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #5 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 11/24/1993 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Walter Skinner |
| Past post: | District of Massachusetts Magistrate |
| Past term: | 1986-1989 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | Boston, MA |
| Bachelors: | Radcliffe College, B.A., 1973 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law, J.D., 1976 |
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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]
Professional 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 an Associate Justice for the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1989 to 1993. [1]
Judicial career
US Sentencing Commission
Judge Saris was nominated by President Barack Obama as the new Chairperson of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Saris worked for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy who created the legislation to form the Sentencing Commission. [2]
In December 2010, the U.S. Senate confirmed Saris as Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. [3]
District of Massachusetts
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, Saris was nominated to the United States 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. [4]
District of Massachusetts, Magistrate
Saris was a federal magistrate judge from 1984 to 1986 for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. [1]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Patti Saris Biography
- ↑ The Crime Report "MA Judge Saris, Ex-Kennedy Aide, Named To Chair Sentencing Panel", April 29, 2010
- ↑ United States Courts, "U.S. District Judge Patti Saris Confirmed as Chair of U.S. Sentencing Commission," December 27, 2010
- ↑ "THOMAS" Patti Saris USDC, MA confirmation:PN791-103
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Walter Skinner |
District of Massachusetts 1993–present Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
