Senior
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Obama · 2010 16 years on the bench
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Obama · 2010 16 years on the bench
- Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Class
- Senior
- Seat
- Senior Judge
- Appointed by
- President Barack Obama
- Commissioned
- March 30, 2010
- Years of service
- 16 years on the bench
- Assumed senior status
- September 21, 2022
- Education
-
Boston University School of Law, J.D. 1976Brown University, A.B. 1973
- Official biography
- Court biography →
Authored opinions (44 recorded, May 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 (May 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
112
In majority
111
Wrote majority
44
Maj. rate
99%
Court average: 99%
Concurrences
1
Concur. in J.
0
Dissents
1
Partial diss.
0
Most frequent panel partners
Gustavo A. Gelpí 59 times in the majority together
David J. Barron 39 times in the majority together
Lara E. Montecalvo 31 times in the majority together
Seth R. Aframe 24 times in the majority together
Julie Rikelman 16 times in the majority together
Kermit V. Lipez 11 times in the majority together