William G. Young

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Judge William G. Young is a United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. He has served the public for almost all of his professional life, starting with his time in the United States Army where he served as a Captain from 1962 until 1964. He attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

He has worked in the legal field since 1967, and he was a Massachusetts Superior Court Judge before being appointed to the federal judiciary by President Reagan in 1985.[1]

Judge Young was the trial judge in Massachusetts state court for the so-called Big Dan rape case [2] which was the inspiration for the movie The Accused staring Jodie Foster. Judge Young served as Chief Judge of the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 1997 until 2005.

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[edit] Judicial positions held

[edit] Private practice

  • Boston, Massachusetts - 1968-1972
  • Boston, Massachusetts - 1975-1978

[edit] Public positions

  • Law clerk, Hon. Raymond S. Wilkins, Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1967-68
  • Special assistant attorney general, State of Massachusetts, 1970-1972
  • Chief counsel to the Governor of Massachusetts, 1972-1974
  • Associate justice, Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1978-1985
  • United States District Courts Judge, District of Massachusetts, 1985-present
  • United States District Courts Judge, District of Massachusetts, Chief Judge, 1999-2005

[edit] Education

[edit] Professional degrees

  • Harvard University, A.B., 1962
  • Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1967

[edit] Teaching positions

  • Lecturer in law, Boston College Law School, 1968-present
  • Lecturer in law, Boston University Law School, 1979-present
  • Lecturer in law, Harvard Law School, 1979-1990

[edit] References

  1. ^ Judges of the United States Courts. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
  2. ^ 401 Mass. 843, 519 N.E.2d 1328, Mass., March 10, 1988