Paul James Barbadoro (born June 4, 1955) is a
Senior
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United States district judge
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of the
. In July 2016, he was appointed by Chief Justice Roberts as the chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Early life and education
Barbadoro was born in
Providence
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,
Rhode Island
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, and grew up in
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Canada ...
,
. He graduated from
Gettysburg College
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with a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in 1977 and earned a
Juris Doctor
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from
Boston College Law School
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in 1980.
Legal career
He was a New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General from 1979 to 1984,
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/ref> and was counsel to United States Senator
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Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that Pres ...
from 1984 to 1986. After a brief stint in private practice in Concord
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, New Hampshire
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, he served as Deputy Chief Counsel to the United States Senate investigative Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, during the Iran-Contra affair in 1987. He returned to private practice in Concord, New Hampshire
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from 1986 until he was appointed to the federal bench in 1992. He is also an adjunct Professor
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of Business Law at the Tuck School of Business
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at Dartmouth College
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.
Federal judicial service
At the time of his appointment, Barbadoro was the youngest candidate to ever be appointed as a federal judge. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
on September 9, 1992, to a seat on the vacated by Judge Shane Devine. He was confirmed by the United States Senate
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on October 8, 1992, and received his commission the next day. He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004. He assumed senior status
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on March 1, 2021.
Other service
More recently, in March 2008, Barbadoro was brought in from New Hampshire as a visiting judge to handle the case of former governor of Puerto Rico
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Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
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. The governor was indicted on 21 federal charges and due to the extensive coverage of case in the local media it was thought that Barbadoro would be a better choice for the case. On July 13, 2016, United States Supreme Court
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Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Barbadoro to serve as chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. The Conference meets twice a year to consider administrative and policy issues affecting the court system, and to make recommendations to Congress concerning legislation involving the Judicial Branch.
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1955 births
Living people
New Hampshire lawyers
People from Providence, Rhode Island
People from Concord, New Hampshire
Gettysburg College alumni
Boston College Law School alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
20th-century American judges
21st-century American judges