James Boasberg
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 | |
| In office January 1, 2020 – January 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rosemary M. Collyer |
| Succeeded by | Joan N. Ericksen |
| Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court | |
| In office January 1, 2020 – January 1, 2025 | |
| Appointed by | John Roberts |
| Preceded by | Rosemary M. Collyer |
| Succeeded by | Sara Elizabeth Lioi |
| 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 | |
| Appointed by | John Roberts |
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Emanuel Boasberg 1963 (age 62–63) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Manson (m. 1991) |
| Education | Yale University (BA, JD) St Peter's College, Oxford (MSt) |
James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed in 2011 by President Barack Obama and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Boasberg previously served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2002 to 2011, having been appointed by President George W. Bush.
Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Boasberg to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in 2014, and he served as the presiding judge of the FISC from 2020 to 2021. In 2020, he was appointed to the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court and designated chief judge.