James Boasberg | |
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 Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office March 17, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Beryl Howell |
| Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Rosemary M. Collyer |
| Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
| In office January 1, 2020 – May 19, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rosemary M. Collyer |
| Succeeded by | Rudolph Contreras |
| Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
| In office May 18, 2014 – May 19, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Reggie Walton |
| Succeeded by | Amit Mehta |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Assumed office March 17, 2011 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Thomas F. Hogan |
| Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office September 2002 – March 14, 2011 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Gregory Mize |
| Succeeded by | John F. McCabe[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Emanuel Boasberg February 20, 1963 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Leslie Manson (m.1991) |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) St Peter's College, Oxford (MSt) |
James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born February 20, 1963)[2] is an American lawyer who is the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as the presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2020 to 2021 and is a former associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
- ^ Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
- ^ U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (2002). Hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on the nomination of James "Jeb" E. Boasberg to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, June 26, 2002 (Volume 107, Issue 561 of S. hrg, United States Congress ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O. ISBN 9780160689093. Retrieved May 24, 2017.