James Boasberg

James Boasberg
Official portrait, 2016
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
March 17, 2023
Preceded byBeryl Howell
Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court
Assumed office
January 1, 2020
Preceded byRosemary M. Collyer
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office
January 1, 2020 – May 19, 2021
Preceded byRosemary M. Collyer
Succeeded byRudolph Contreras
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office
May 18, 2014 – May 19, 2021
Preceded byReggie Walton
Succeeded byAmit Mehta
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Assumed office
March 17, 2011
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byThomas F. Hogan
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
September 2002 – March 14, 2011
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byGregory Mize
Succeeded byJohn F. McCabe[1]
Personal details
Born
James Emanuel Boasberg

(1963-02-20) February 20, 1963 (age 61)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
SpouseElizabeth Leslie Manson (m.1991)
EducationYale 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.

  1. ^ Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
  2. ^ 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.