Michael Boudin

Michael Boudin
Boudin at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office May 26, 1992
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Levin Campbell
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In office 2001–2008
Preceded by	Juan Torruella
Succeeded by	Sandra Lynch
Judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia
In office August 7, 1990 – January 31, 1992
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	John Pratt
Succeeded by	Gladys Kessler
Personal details
Born	November 29, 1939 (1939-11-29) (age 71) New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University

Michael Boudin (pronounced boo-DEAN;^{[needs IPA]} born 1939) is a Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Boudin was born in New York City, the son of the civil liberties attorney Leonard Boudin and older brother of Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin. He received a B.A. from Harvard University and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1964. He was a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1964 to 1965, and then clerked for Justice John Marshall Harlan II of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1966.

From 1966 to 1987 Boudin practiced regulatory law at Covington & Burling, a Washington D.C. law firm. He spent 21 years at Covington & Burling, primarily drafting appellate briefs in complex regulatory matters for corporate clients.

Boudin worked as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School from 1982 to 1983, and then as a lecturer there from 1983 to 1998. He then served in President Reagan's Justice Department as a deputy assistant U.S. Attorney General of the Antitrust Division from 1987 to 1990.

On May 18, 1990, President George H.W. Bush nominated Boudin to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to a seat vacated by John H. Pratt. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 1990, and received commission on August 7. Less than two years later, on January 31, 1992, he resigned to return to Massachusetts. Two months later, on March 20, President Bush nominated Boudin to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, to a seat vacated by Levin Hicks Campbell. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21, 1992, and received commission on May 26. He served as chief judge on that court from 2001 to 2008.

Sources

• Michael Boudin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Boudin Profile on Judgepedia
• http://www.nndb.com/people/022/000208395/

Legal offices
Preceded by John Pratt	Judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia 1990–1992	Succeeded by Gladys Kessler
Preceded by Levin Campbell	Judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1992–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Juan Torruella	Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 2001–2008	Succeeded by Sandra Lynch

Persondata
Name	Boudin, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	1939
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death
Place of death