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 |
| 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 |
| 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) is an American lawyer and jurist who is currently serving as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Boasberg was nominated by President George W. Bush to be a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, where he served from 2002 to 2011. President Barack Obama nominated him to a federal judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a unanimous vote in March 2011.
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.