Richard G. Stearns

Richard Stearns
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Assumed office
November 24, 1993
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by John Joseph McNaught
Personal details
Born 1944 (age 7172)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater Stanford University
Balliol College, Oxford
Harvard Law School

Richard Gaylore Stearns (born 1944) is a United States federal judge.

Early life

Born in Los Angeles, Stearns received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1968, an M.Litt (Political Philosophy) from Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, in 1971, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976.

Career

Stearns worked on the George McGovern presidential campaign, 1972,[1] and later became a McGovern from 1972 to 1973. He was a speech writer in the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1976. He worked in the Norfolk County (Massachusetts) District Attorney's office from 1976 to 1982. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1990. He was an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1990 to 1993.

On October 27, 1993, Stearns was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by John Joseph McNaught. Stearns was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and he received his commission on November 24, 1993.

Sources

  1. Thompson, Hunter S. (1973). Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Straight Arrow Books. P265. ISBN 9780879320539
Legal offices
Preceded by
John Joseph McNaught
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
1993–present
Incumbent


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