Paul J. Barbadoro
| Paul James Barbadoro | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph A. Diclerico Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Steven J. McAuliffe |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | |
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Assumed office October 9, 1992 |
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| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Shane Devine |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Paul James Barbadoro June 4, 1955 Providence, Rhode Island |
| Education |
Gettysburg College (B.A.) Boston College Law School (J.D.) |
Paul James Barbadoro (born June 4, 1955) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. 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.
Barbadoro was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up in Acton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Gettysburg College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 and earned a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1980.
He was a New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General from 1980 to 1984, and was counsel to United States Senator Warren Rudman from 1984 to 1986. After a brief stint in private practice in Concord, New Hampshire, he served as Deputy Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, during the Iran-Contra scandal in 1987. He returned to private practice in Concord from 1986 until he was appointed to the federal bench in 1992. He was also an adjunct Professor of Business Law the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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 on September 9, 1992, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire vacated by Judge Shane Devine. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1992, and received his commission the next day. He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004.
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