Douglas P. Woodlock | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2015 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
| In office June 16, 1986 – June 1, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | W. Arthur Garrity Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Angel Kelley |
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| Born | Douglas Preston Woodlock February 27, 1947 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Douglas Preston Woodlock (born February 27, 1947) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Born in Connecticut, Woodlock graduated from Yale College and worked as a journalist before attending Georgetown University Law Center. After graduating, Woodlock was a lawyer in private practice at Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, and had stints at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Appointed to the federal bench in 1986, Woodlock presided over a number of noteworthy cases and was a key figure in the construction of the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on the Boston waterfront. He assumed senior status in 2015.