• District Court, D. Massachusetts

  Judge

  1979 – 2006 · 27 yrsAppointed by Jimmy Carter

Career

• associate dean

  1975 – 1979 · 4 yrs

• Langdell professor of law

  1973 – 1979 · 6 yrs

• Director

  National Institute for Trial Advocacy

  1971 – 1979 · 8 yrs

• professor of law

  1956 – 1973 · 17 yrs

• assistant professor

  1954 – 1956 · 2 yrs

• Faculty

  Harvard University

  1953 – 1979 · 26 yrs

• Associate professor

  Southern Methodist University

  1951 – 1953 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1945 – 1951 · 6 yrs

• U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant

  1942 – 1945 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1941 – 1942 · 1 yr

Education