Denise J. Casper
| Denise Casper | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Reginald Lindsay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 9, 1968 East Patchogue, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University (B.A., 1990) Harvard Law School (J.D., 1994) |
Denise Jefferson Casper (born January 9, 1968) is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.[1] She was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 2010 and her commission was signed by President Barack Obama on December 20, 2010. She used to be the Deputy District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney's Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Casper is the first black female judge to serve on the federal bench in Massachusetts.[2]
Early life and education
She was born in East Patchogue, New York. Casper received her B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1990 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1994.[3]
Professional career
Casper started her professional career as a law clerk for Edith W. Fine and J. Harold Flannery of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. During the period of 1995 through 1998, she was an attorney with the firm of Bingham McCutchen where she conducted civil litigation. In 1999 Casper become an Assistant United States Attorney in Boston and was the Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force starting in 2004.
She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston from 1999 until 2005 and taught legal writing at Boston University School of Law from 2005 through 2007.
Casper served as the Deputy District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 2007 until her confirmation as a federal judge.
Personal
Judge Casper married her husband, Marc N. Casper, in 1994.[4] He is President and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific.
References
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- ↑ Judge Breaks New Ground as First Black Woman to Sit on Bench in Massachusetts, Unprecedented. The Boston Globe. By Milton J. Valencia. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ WEDDINGS; Denise Jefferson, Marc N. Casper, New York Times (August 21, 1994).
External links
- Denise J. Casper at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts 2010–present |
Incumbent |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1968 births
- African-American judges
- American women lawyers
- American women judges
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- Living people
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
- Wesleyan University alumni
- People from East Patchogue, New York
- Assistant United States Attorneys
