Richard Gaylore Stearns
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Born 1944.
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
Education
- B.A., Stanford University, 1968
- M.Litt., political philosophy, University of Oxford, Balliol College, 1971
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 1976
Career
- Special assistant, U.S. Sen. George McGovern ofMassachusetts, 1972-1973
- Speech writer, Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III, Massachusetts, 1975-1976
- Norfolk County [Massachusetts] District Attorney's Office, 1976-1982
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1982-1990
- Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1990-1993
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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