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Denise J. Casper
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Reginald C. Lindsay |
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Denise Jefferson
January 9, 1968 East Patchogue, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Denise Jefferson Casper (born January 9, 1968) is an American lawyer. She works as a United States district judge in Massachusetts. Before this, she was a top lawyer for the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. Judge Casper made history as the first Black woman to become a federal judge in Massachusetts. She is also known for overseeing a major court case involving a famous person named Whitey Bulger.
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Early Life and Education
Denise Casper was born in East Patchogue, New York. She went to Wesleyan University and earned her first degree in 1990. Later, she studied law at Harvard Law School and received her law degree in 1994.
Her Career Journey
Judge Casper started her career helping judges with their work. From 1995 to 1998, she worked as a lawyer at a firm called Bingham McCutchen. There, she handled cases where people or companies sued each other.
In 1999, she became a lawyer for the United States government in Boston. She worked in this role until 2005. From 2005 to 2007, she also taught law students at Boston University School of Law.
Before becoming a federal judge, she was a deputy district attorney. This means she was a senior lawyer for the Middlesex District Attorney's Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She held this position from 2007 until she became a federal judge.
Becoming a Federal Judge
President Barack Obama chose Denise Casper to be a federal judge on April 28, 2010. The United States Senate approved her on December 17, 2010. She officially became a judge on December 20, 2010.
When she was appointed, she was the first African-American woman to be a federal judge in Massachusetts. She was also one of the youngest federal judges in the country at that time.
Personal Life
Denise Casper married Marc N. Casper in 1994. Her husband is the President and CEO of a company called Thermo Fisher Scientific.
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first women lawyers and judges in Massachusetts
