Landya Marie Boyer McCafferty (born 1962) is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She is the first woman to serve as a federal judge of the District Court of New Hampshire.
Landya B. McCafferty
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Born 1962 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 3499
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 14/year
New Hampshire District Court · 2013–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- New Hampshire Attorney Discipline OfficeDisciplinary counsel · 2003–2010
- New Hampshire Public Defender ProgramStaff attorney · 1995–2003
Law clerk , Hon. A. David Mazzone · 1994–1995- Private practice, Manchester, New Hampshire1993–1994
Law clerk , Hon. Norman H. Stahl · 1992–1993
Law clerk , Hon. Norman H. Stahl · 1991–1992- St. Paul's School, Concord, New HampshireAssistant director of admissions and teacher · 1984–1988
Appointments
- 2013–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1991- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 1984