The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the federal district court whose territorial jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,United States. The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. The second term was held in Salem in 1790 and court session locations alternated between the two cities until 1813. That year,Boston became the court's permanent home. A western division was opened in Springfield in 1979 and a central division was opened in Worcester in 1987. The court's main building is the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse on Fan Pier in South Boston.
Pierre Nelson Leval is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. At the time of his appointment by President Bill Clinton in 1993,he was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Levin Hicks Campbell is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Richard Allen Lazzara is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Joan Amy Lenard is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Lawrence Edwin Kahn is an American attorney serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Andrew Augustine Caffrey was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Martha Craig "Cissy" Daughtrey is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Frank Ramirez Zapata is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Nora Margaret Manella was the Presiding Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal,Division Four and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Joseph Henry McKinley Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Martin Blane Michael was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Barry Ted Moskowitz is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
John Carbone Porfilio is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Richard Alexander Schell is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
