Patti B. Saris

General

Patti B. Saris

Active

Wikipedia

Federal Judicial Center

Seniority

Senior

(2024 - Present)

Year of Birth

1951

Appointed by

William J. Clinton

(D)

Assumed Office

Nov 24, 1993

Experience

Court

District of Massachusetts1993-present

Education

Radcliffe College, B.A.1973

Harvard Law School, J.D.1976

Professional Career

Law clerk, Hon. Robert Braucher, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

1976-1977

Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts

1977-1979, 1981-1982

Staff counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

1979-1981

Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Massachusetts

1982-1986

chief, Civil Division

1984-1986

Associate justice, Massachusetts Superior Court

1989-1993

Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission

2010-2017