Paul Borman

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Current Court Information:
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Title:   Judge
Position:   Seat #11
Service:
Appointed by:   Bill Clinton
Active:   8/10/1994 - Present
Preceded by:   Stewart Newblatt
Personal History
Born:   1939
Home State:   Detroit, MI
Undergraduate:   University of Michigan, B.A., 1959
Law School:   University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1962
Grad. School:   Yale Law School, LL.M., 1964

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Paul D. Borman (b.1939) is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. [1]

Early life and education

  • University of Michigan, B.A., 1959
  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1962
  • Yale Law School, LL.M., 1964[1]

Professional career

  • Staff attorney, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1962-1963
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, 1964-1965
  • Vice-president and house counsel, Borman Food Stores, Inc., 1965-1967
  • Special counsel, Mayor's Development Team, Detroit, Michigan, 1967
  • Special counsel to the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, 1967-1968
  • Professor, Wayne State University Law School, 1968-1979
  • Assistant dean, Wayne State University Law School, 1968-1973
  • Assistant county prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, 1974-1975
  • Chief federal defender, Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit, Michigan, 1979-1994
  • Adjunct lecturer, University of Michigan Law School, 1981-1994 [1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Michigan

On the recommendation of U.S. Senators Carl Levin and Donald Riegle, Jr., Borman was nominated by President Bill Clinton on on March 24, 1994 to a seat vacated by Stewart Newblatt. Borman was confirmed by the Senate on August 9, 1994 on a majority voice vote and received commission on August 10, 1994. [1][2]

Notable cases

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Detroit attempted terror plot

Judge Borman is the presiding judge in the case of Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Borman made the initial appearance in a University of Michigan Medical Center conference room on December 26, 2009 in which he read the charges against the twenty three year old man. Abdulmutallab was alleged to have attempted a terror plot on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, which came from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009. Abdulmutallab's next court appearance is on January 8, 2010 in which a preliminary hearing will be conducted. [3]

Drunk driving suit

On November 24, 2009 Judge Borman certified a civil trial against the employer of Thomas Wellinger. DGI, Wellinger's employer, is being sued by Gary Weinstien, the widow of Judith Weinstien who was killed by Wellinger in a car accident involving alcohol. Weinstien is suing DGI because he left the company parking lot intoxicated. [4]

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Federal judicial offices
Preceded by:
Stewart Newblatt
Eastern District of Michigan
1994–Current
Seat #11
Succeeded by:
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