Senior
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Clinton · 1998 28 years on the bench
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Clinton · 1998 28 years on the bench
- Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Class
- Senior
- Seat
- Senior Judge
- Appointed by
- President Bill Clinton
- Commissioned
- April 7, 1998
- Years of service
- 28 years on the bench
- Assumed senior status
- December 31, 2011
- Education
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University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M. 1990Yale Law School, LL.B. 1967Haverford College, B.A. 1963
- Official biography
- Court biography →
Authored opinions (19 recorded, Apr 2025–Sep 2026)
Each mark is a majority opinion this judge wrote; hover for the case (hollow marks were later vacated). The timeline begins with the earliest opinion in the database (April 2025), not the judge’s first day on the bench; earlier opinions may predate it.
Judicial activity
Drawn from 392 tagged published First Circuit opinions. Consolidated cases are counted once.
Published cases decided
64
In majority
64
Wrote majority
17
Maj. rate
100%
Court average: 99%
Concurrences
1
Concur. in J.
0
Dissents
0
Partial diss.
0
Most frequent panel partners
Julie Rikelman 25 times in the majority together
Seth R. Aframe 20 times in the majority together
Gustavo A. Gelpí 18 times in the majority together
David J. Barron 17 times in the majority together
Lara E. Montecalvo 15 times in the majority together
O. Rogeriee Thompson 11 times in the majority together