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Sorokin, Leo Theodore
Born 1961 in Hartford, CT
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by Joseph Louis Tauro. Confirmed by the Senate on June 10, 2014, and received commission on June 10, 2014.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2005-2014; chief magistrate judge, 2012-2014
Education:
Yale College, B.A., 1983
Columbia Law School, J.D., 1991
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Nominated by Barack Obama on January 6, 2014, to a seat vacated by Joseph Louis Tauro. Confirmed by the Senate on June 10, 2014, and received commission on June 10, 2014.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2005-2014; chief magistrate judge, 2012-2014
Education:
Yale College, B.A., 1983
Columbia Law School, J.D., 1991
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Rya W. Zobel, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1991-1992
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992-1994
Assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1994-1997; opinions coordinator, 1996-1997
Assistant federal public defender, District of Massachusetts, 1997-2005
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, December 19, 2013; no Senate vote