George A. O'Toole, Jr. | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
Assumed office January 1, 2018 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
In office May 26,1995 –January 1,2018 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089 |
Succeeded by | Myong J. Joun |
Personal details | |
Born | Worcester,Massachusetts,U.S. | October 7,1947
Alma mater | Boston College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
George A. O'Toole,Jr. (born October 7,1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Born in Worcester,Massachusetts,O'Toole received a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1972. He was in private practice in Boston,Massachusetts from 1972 to 1982. He was an associate justice of the Boston Municipal Court from 1982 to 1990,and of the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1990 to 1995.
On April 4,1995,O'Toole was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 25,1995,and received his commission on May 26,1995. He assumed senior status on January 1,2018.
O'Toole presided over the 2015 trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,one of the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing. [1] [2]
He is married to Lucy A. Flynn,a local banker,businesswoman, [3] and community activist. They have two sons,George and John.
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