James Emanuel Boasberg
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Born 1963.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 5, 2011
- Senate vote
- 96 to 0
- Confirmed
- Mar 14, 2011
- Commissioned
- Mar 17, 2011
Other federal judicial service
- Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2002-2011
- Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2014-2021; presiding judge, 2020-2021
- Judge, Alien Terrorist Removal Court, 2020-2025; chief judge, 2020-2025
Education
- B.A., Yale College, 1985
- M.St., University of Oxford, 1986
- J.D., Yale Law School, 1990
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1990-1991
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1991-1994
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1996
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1996-2002
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2023-present
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, June 17, 2010; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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