Landya B. McCafferty

Landya B. McCafferty
McCafferty in 2013
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 1, 2018
Preceded byJoseph Normand Laplante
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 17, 2013
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded bySteven J. McAuliffe
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
In office
2010 – December 17, 2013
Personal details
Born
Landya Marie Boyer

(1962-09-19) September 19, 1962 (age 62)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Northeastern University (JD)

Landya Marie Boyer McCafferty (born September 19, 1962) is an American attorney serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She is the first woman to serve as a federal judge of the District Court of New Hampshire.[1]

Early life and education

McCafferty was born Landya Marie Boyer in 1962, in Washington, D.C.[2] She graduated from the Spartanburg Day School in 1980 as the third female in school history to be elected student body president. She received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1984, cum laude, from Harvard University. She received a Juris Doctor in 1991 from Northeastern University School of Law.[3]

Career

She worked as a law clerk to Judge Norman H. Stahl, both at the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire and at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, following his elevation to that court. From 1993 to 1994, she served as an associate at the law firm of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. From 1994 to 1995, she served as a law clerk to Judge A. David Mazzone of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She served as a staff attorney for the New Hampshire Public Defender Program from 1995 to 2003. She served as Disciplinary Counsel for the New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office from 2003 to 2010. In 2010, she was selected as a United States magistrate judge for the District of New Hampshire.[4][5][6]

Federal judicial service

On May 23, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated McCafferty to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, to the seat vacated by Judge Steven J. McAuliffe, who assumed senior status on April 1, 2013. On December 12, 2013, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 58–40 vote.[7] McCafferty's nomination was confirmed later that day by a 79–19 vote.[8][9] McCafferty is the first woman to serve as a district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.[10] She received her judicial commission on December 17, 2013.[6] She became chief judge on November 1, 2018. She is the first woman to serve as chief judge of the District of New Hampshire.[11]

References

  1. ^ Making History: President Obama’s Female Judicial Nominees Archived September 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Alliance for Justice (June 11, 2013).
  2. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Inc, Justia (2013). "Landya B. McCafferty". professionals.justia.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2023. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty Returning to SDS as Graduation Speaker". Who's On The Move. May 28, 2014. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve as District Court Judges". whitehouse.gov. May 23, 2013. Archived from the original on July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024 – via National Archives.
  6. ^ a b Landya B. McCafferty at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  7. ^ On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Landya B. McCafferty, of N.H., to be U.S. District Judge) Archived December 12, 2022, at the Wayback Machine United States Senate December 12, 2013.
  8. ^ On the Nomination (Confirmation Landya B. McCafferty, of N.H., to be U.S. District Judge) Archived December 12, 2022, at the Wayback Machine United States Senate December 12, 2013.
  9. ^ Ben Leubsdorf, U.S. Senate confirms Landya McCafferty as new N.H. federal judge Archived October 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Concord Monitor (December 12, 2013).
  10. ^ Emily Corwin, N.H.'s First Female Federal District Judge Confirmed Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, New Hampshire Public Radio (December 12, 2013).
  11. ^ "Honorable Landya B. McCafferty Next Chief Judge". www.nhd.uscourts.gov. October 31, 2018. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
2013–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
2018–present