Paul D. Borman
| Paul D. Borman | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
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Assumed office August 10, 1994 |
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| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Stewart Albert Newblatt |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 7, 1939 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Michigan (B.A., 1959) University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1962) Yale Law School (LL.M., 1964) |
Paul D. Borman (born January 7, 1939) is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, having been appointed in 1994.
Borman was earlier an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Special Counsel to the Mayor of Detroit. For 15 years thereafter, he was Chief Federal Defender of the Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit from 1979 to 1994. When he was appointed to be a federal judge, he became the first federal defender to be appointed to the federal bench.
He was also a Professor and Assistant Dean at Wayne State University Law School, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School.
Borman was a native of Detroit, Michigan, and his father – Tom Borman – was president of Borman Food Stores, Inc.
Borman graduated from Mumford High School in 1956. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1959. He later received a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1962, and an LL.M. from Yale Law School in 1964.
Borman became engaged to Susan Cohen, daughter of Manuel F. Cohen, Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in early 1964, and married her in June of that year.
Borman was a Staff Attorney of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1962 to 1963. He was then an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the US Department of Justice from 1964 to 1965. He later acted as Vice President and house counsel for Borman Food Stores, Inc. Borman was a Special Counsel, Mayor's Development Team, Detroit, in 1967. He was also Special Counsel to the Mayor of Detroit, Jerome Cavanagh, from 1967 to 1968. He was an Assistant County Prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, from 1974 to 1975.
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