Robert Collings
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1982 - Present
2030
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Robert B. Collings is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He has served in this position since March 15, 1982. His current term expired on March 14, 2022.[1] He served as chief magistrate from 1999 to 2001.[2]
Education
Collings was born in 1942 in New York City. He received his A.B. degree from Hamilton College in 1964 and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1967.[1] He served in the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps after law school.[2]
Professional career
Judge Collings worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1971 until he was appointed Magistrate Judge in 1982. He became Chief of the Criminal Division in 1976 and First Assistant U.S. Attorney in 1978. He has lectured at various schools and seminars. In 2007, he was appointed the Magistrate Judge representative to the Judicial Conference of the United States for two years.[2]
Judicial career
District of Massachusetts
Collings is a federal magistrate judge. He has served in this position since March 15, 1982.[1] He was reappointed in 1990, 1998, 2006 and 2014. He served as chief magistrate from 1999 to 2001. His current term expired on March 14, 2022.[2]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, "Official biography of Robert Collings," accessed May 6, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Corporate Litigation Exchange, "Meet the Speakers: Judge Collings's biography," accessed May 6, 2015
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| Preceded by: Peter Prince |
District of Massachusetts 1982–Current |
Succeeded by: NA
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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
