Patti Saris
Patti B. Saris (b. 1951) is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She joined the court in 1993 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. At the time of appointment, Saris served as a magistrate judge for the court. Saris was the chief judge from 2013 to 2019. She assumed senior status on December 2, 2024.[1]
Brian Murphy was nominated by President Joe Biden (D) to replace Saris on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 21, 2024.[2]
Early life and education
Born in Massachusetts, Saris graduated from Radcliffe College with her bachelor's degree in 1973 and later from Harvard Law School with her J.D. degree in 1976.[1]
Professional career
- 1993-present: Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- 2024-present: Senior judge
- 2013-2019: Chief judge
- 1989-1993: Associate justice, Superior Court of Massachusetts
- 1982-1986: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts
- 1984-1986: Chief, Civil Division
- 1981-1982: Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1979-1981: Staff counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
- 1977-1979: Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1976-1977: Law clerk, Hon. Robert Braucher, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court[1]
Judicial career
US Sentencing Commission
Judge Saris was nominated by President Barack Obama as the new Chairperson of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Saris worked for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy who created the legislation to form the Sentencing Commission.[3]
In December 2010, the U.S. Senate confirmed Saris as Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.[4]
District of Massachusetts
On the recommendation of U.S. Senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, Saris was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts by President Bill Clinton on October 27, 1993, to a seat vacated by Walter Skinner. Saris was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 20, 1993, on voice vote and received commission on November 24, 1993.[5]
District of Massachusetts, Magistrate
Saris was a federal magistrate judge from 1984 to 1986 for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Patti Saris Biography at the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ The Federal Judicial Center, "Murphy, Brian Edward," accessed December 3, 2024
- ↑ The Crime Report "MA Judge Saris, Ex-Kennedy Aide, Named To Chair Sentencing Panel," April 29, 2010
- ↑ United States Courts, "U.S. District Judge Patti Saris Confirmed as Chair of U.S. Sentencing Commission," December 27, 2010
- ↑ THOMAS, "Patti Saris USDC, MA confirmation:PN791-103," accessed May 4, 2015
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Walter Skinner |
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts 1993-2024 |
Succeeded by Brian Murphy |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Massachusetts • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Massachusetts
State courts:
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court • Massachusetts Appeals Court • Massachusetts Superior Courts • Massachusetts District Courts • Massachusetts Housing Courts • Massachusetts Juvenile Courts • Massachusetts Land Courts • Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts • Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts
State resources:
Courts in Massachusetts • Massachusetts judicial elections • Judicial selection in Massachusetts
