Paul Barbadoro
2021 - Present
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Paul J. Barbadoro (b. 1955) is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.[1]
Barbadoro assumed senior status on March 1, 2021.[2]
Education
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Barbadoro graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor's degree in 1977 and a J.D. degree from Boston College Law School in 1980.[1]
Professional Career
Barbadoro began his legal career as an assistant state attorney General for the State of New Hampshire from 1980 to 1984, before serving as counsel to U.S. Senator Warren B. Rudman until 1986. Barbadoro entered private practice in Concord, New Hampshire briefly until 1987 before serving as deputy chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition. Barbadoro resumed private practice in Concord, New Hampshire from 1987 to 1992.[1]
Judicial career
District of New Hampshire
Barbadoro was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire by President George H.W. Bush on September 9, 1992, to fill the seat vacated by Shane Devine. He was subsequently confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 8, 1992, and received commission on October 9, 1992.[3] From 1997 to 2004, Barbadoro served as the chief judge of the court.[1]
Barbadoro assumed senior status on March 1, 2021.[2]
Noteworthy cases
Stolen gun liability case (2012)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire (Jones v. Secord, 11-1576)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire (Jones v. Secord, 11-1576)
On July 6, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld the ruling of Judge Barbadoro, holding that a NH man could not be held liable for the use of his handgun in a violent crime. Gail Jones, the mother of a shooting victim, filed a lawsuit alleging that Lawrence Secord was liable for the use of his handgun by his grandson in an armed robbery that resulted in three fatalities in 2007. Secord's gun was stolen by his grandson, who broke into a locked summer cabin to obtain the firearm. Barbadoro agreed with Secord that he had taken proper precautions to secure his firearm. Judge Bruce Marshall Selya agreed, writing the opinion of the panel consisting of Judges Jeffrey R. Howard and O. Rogeriee Thompson. He stated in the opinion, "The record here, even when construed in the light most flattering to the plaintiff, does not show either a particularized risk of harm or a degree of foreseeability sufficient to animate this exception." Jones told the press she brought the lawsuit on to raise awareness of gun storage and risk, telling the press, "Firearms are very dangerous when they're in the wrong hands."[4][5]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
- News: 1st Circuit upholds NH District Court gun liability ruling, July 12, 2012
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Judge Paul Barbadoro biography at the Federal Judicial Center
- United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
- United States District Court for the District of New Hampshires, "Judges of the New Hampshire District"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Paul Barbadoro biography at the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 USCourts.gov, "Future Judicial Vacancies," accessed February 18, 2021
- ↑ THOMAS, "Paul Barbadoro USDC, NH confirmation:PN1332-102," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ Boston.com "Court says gun owner not negligent in NH shooting" 7/9/2012
- ↑ Justia, "Opinion, Jones v. Secord," accessed May 7, 2015
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Shane Devine |
District of New Hampshire 1992–2021 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Samantha Elliott
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Hampshire • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Hampshire
State courts:
New Hampshire Supreme Court • New Hampshire Superior Courts • New Hampshire Circuit Courts • New Hampshire Probate Courts • New Hampshire District Court • New Hampshire Family Division
State resources:
Courts in New Hampshire • New Hampshire judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Hampshire
