Patti B. Saris
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Senior status. Born 1951.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Oct 27, 1993
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Nov 20, 1993
- Commissioned
- Nov 24, 1993
- Senior status
- Dec 2, 2024
Other federal judicial service
- U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1986-1989
Education
- B.A., Radcliffe College, 1973
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 1976
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert Braucher, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1976-1977
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977-1979, 1981-1982
- Staff counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1981
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1982-1986
- chief, Civil Division, 1984-1986
- Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1989-1993
- Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2010-2017
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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