Judge James Boasberg Wiki, Age, Wife, Political Party, Religion
James Boasberg Biography – James Boasberg Wiki
James E. Boasberg is the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He became Chief Judge of the District Court on March 17, 2023. He was originally appointed to the District Court in March 2011 by then president Barack Obama of the Democratic Party.
Chief Judge Boasberg is a native Washingtonian, having graduated from St. Albans School in 1981. He received a B.A., magna cum laude, in History in 1985 from Yale College, where he also played basketball. He then received an M.St. in Modern European History from Oxford University in 1986 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1990.
Chief Judge Boasberg next served as a law clerk to Judge Dorothy W. Nelson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Following his clerkship, he was a litigation associate at Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco from 1991 to 1994 and at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans in Washington from 1995 to 1996.
In 1996 Chief Judge Boasberg joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia as an Assistant United States Attorney, where he served for 5½ years and specialized in homicide prosecutions.
In September 2002, Chief Judge Boasberg became an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court, where he served in the Civil and Criminal Divisions and the Domestic Violence Branch until his appointment to the federal bench in 2011.
Chief Judge Boasberg also served a seven-year term on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court beginning in May 2014. Appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts, he was the Court’s Presiding Judge from January 2020 to May 2021. He is currently the President of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court and a member of the Yale University Council. He is also the past Chair of the Governing Board of St. Albans School.
James Boasberg Age
Chief Judge James Emanuel Boasberg was born on February 20, 1963 in San Francisco, California.
James Boasberg Wife
James Boasberg is married to his wife Elizabeth Leslie Manson. They wed on August 25, 1991, at the Old Meeting House in Francestown, New Hampshire. The Rev. Bradford Abernethy, a Baptist minister, officiated the ceremony, according to The New York Times.
James E. Boasberg Family
James E. Boasberg is the son of Sarah and Emanuel Boasberg of Washington. His father is a retired partner of Boasberg & Norton, a former Washington law firm. His mother is a landscaper and garden designer.
James Boasberg Salary
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg earns an annual salary of $247,400 in 2025, according to Judicial compensation records.
James Boasberg Political Party
Judge James Boasberg has no affiliation to a political party. He has bipartisan credentials: President George W. Bush of the Republican Party appointed him in 2002 to the D.C. Superior Court, which handles state court-style criminal and civil cases in Washington, before President Barack Obama of the Democratic Party elevated him in 2011 to the Federal District Court.
James Boasberg Religion
James Boasberg is a Christian. His wedding was officiated by a Baptist minister.
