William Glover Young (born September 23, 1940) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He was appointed in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan, and he served as chief judge of the district from 1999 to 2005. Young was a judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1978 to 1985.
William G. Young
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Born 1940 in Huntington, NY
FJC ID: 2678
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Lecturer in law · 1968–present
Lecturer in law · 1979–present
Lecturer in law · 1979–1990- Massachusetts Superior CourtAssociate justice · 1978–1985
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts1968–1972, 1975–1978
- Gov. Francis W. Sargent, MassachusettsChief counsel · 1972–1974
Commonwealth of MassachusettsSpecial assistant attorney general · 1970–1972
U.S. Army captain1962–1964- Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1967-68Law clerk , Hon. Raymond S. Wilkins
Appointments
1985–present
1985–2021 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- LL.B. · 1967
- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 1962