Joseph L. Tauro

Joseph L. Tauro
Tauro in 2015
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
September 26, 2013 – November 30, 2018
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1992–1999
Preceded byFrank Harlan Freedman
Succeeded byWilliam G. Young
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
October 17, 1972 – September 26, 2013
Appointed byRichard Nixon
Preceded byFrancis Ford
Succeeded byLeo T. Sorokin
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1972
Appointed byRichard Nixon
Preceded byJames N. Gabriel
Succeeded byJames N. Gabriel
Personal details
Born
Joseph Louis Tauro

(1931-09-26)September 26, 1931
Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 30, 2018(2018-11-30) (aged 87)
Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S.
Parent
EducationBrown University (AB)
Cornell University (LLB)

Joseph Louis Tauro (/ˈtɔːr/; September 26, 1931 – November 30, 2018) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He was the son of the late Massachusetts Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro.