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James Emanuel Boasberg

James Emanuel Boasberg

District of Columbia District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Born 1963 in San Francisco, CA

FJC ID: 3363

James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed in 2011 by President Barack Obama and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Boasberg previously served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2002 to 2011, having been appointed by President George W. Bush.

Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Boasberg to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in 2014, and he served as the presiding judge of the FISC from 2020 to 2021. In 2020, he was appointed to the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court and designated chief judge.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 2023–present
  2. District of Columbia
    District of Columbia
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1996–2002
  3. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1995–1996
  4. Private practice, San Francisco, California
    1991–1994
  5. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson · 1990–1991

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaChief Judge
    2011–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Education

  1. Yale University Law School
    Yale Law School
    J.D. · 1990
  2. University of Oxford
    M.St. · 1986
  3. Yale College
    B.A. · 1985