Richard G. Stearns

Richard Gaylore Stearns (born June 27, 1944) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Richard G. Stearns
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Incumbent
Assumed office November 24, 1993
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John Joseph McNaught
Personal details
Born	Richard Gaylore Stearns June 27, 1944[1] Los Angeles, California
Education	Stanford University (B.A.) Balliol College, Oxford (M.Litt.) Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Early life

Born in Los Angeles, California, Stearns received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1968, a Master of Letters degree (Political Philosophy) from Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, in 1971, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1976.

Career

Stearns worked on the George McGovern presidential campaign, 1972,[2] and later became a special assistant to McGovern from 1972 to 1973. He was a speech writer in the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1976. He worked in the Norfolk County (Massachusetts) District Attorney's office from 1976 to 1982. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1990. He was an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1990 to 1993.

Federal judicial service

On October 27, 1993, Stearns was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by John Joseph McNaught. Stearns was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and he received his commission on November 24, 1993. Clinton had originally wanted to appoint Stearns Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[3]

References

1. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
2. Thompson, Hunter S. (1973). Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Straight Arrow Books. P265. ISBN 9780879320539
3. "James Comey Vs. Louis Freeh: How to Fight a President". 13 June 2018.

Sources

• Richard G. Stearns at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.