John Joseph Sirica (March 19, 1904 – August 14, 1992) was an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1957 to 1992. Sirica became known in the early 1970s for presiding over the federal criminal trials relating to the origins of the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
John Joseph Sirica
District of Columbia District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Born 1904 in Waterbury, CT
Died 1992 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 2200
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1971–1974
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1926–1930, 1934–1957
- U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications CommissionGeneral counsel · 1944
District of ColumbiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1930–1934
Appointments
1957–1992 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B. · 1926