Steven James McAuliffe (born March 3, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He is the widower of Christa McAuliffe, one of the victims of the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Steven J. McAuliffe
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Born 1948 in Cambridge, MA
FJC ID: 1516
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 38/year
New Hampshire District Court · 1992–2013
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
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Concord, New Hampshire1980–1992
State of New HampshireAssistant attorney general · 1977–1980
JAG CorpsU.S. Army Reserve captain · 1978–1979- JAG CorpsU.S. Army captain · 1973–1977
Appointments
1992–2013 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1973- Virginia Military InstituteB.A. · 1970