Rya Zobel's Biography
Contact Information
Office
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
1 Courthouse Way, Courtroom 12, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Full Name:
Rya Weickert Zobel
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
1931
Birth Place:
Zwickau, Germany
LLB, Harvard Law School, 1956
AB, Radcliff College, 1953
No political experience information on file.
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Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 2014-present
Judge, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1979-2014
Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1995-1999
Lawyer, Private Practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967-1979
Nominated by President Jimmy Carter, Judge, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, January 25, 1979
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, March 21, 1979
Law Clerk, Honorable George C. Sweeney, Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1956-1966
No organizational membership information on file.