Landya B. McCafferty

Landya Boyer McCafferty (born September 19, 1962) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She is the first female judge to serve in the District of New Hampshire.[1]

Landya B. McCafferty
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1, 2018
Preceded by	Joseph Normand Laplante
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office December 17, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Steven J. McAuliffe
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
In office 2010 – December 17, 2013
Personal details
Born	Landya Marie Boyer September 19, 1962 Washington, D.C.
Education	Harvard University (A.B.) Northeastern University School of Law (J.D.)

Biography[2]

McCafferty was born Landya Marie Boyer in 1962, in Washington, D.C..[3] She graduated from the Spartanburg Day School in 1980 as the third female in school history to serve as student body president. She received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1984, cum laude, from Harvard University. She received a Juris Doctor in 1991, from Northeastern University School of Law. She served as a law clerk to Judge Norman H. Stahl, both at the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire and at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, following his elevation to that court. From 1993 to 1994, she served as an associate at the law firm of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. From 1994 to 1995, she served as a law clerk to Judge A. David Mazzone of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She served as a staff attorney for the New Hampshire Public Defender Program from 1995 to 2003. She served as Disciplinary Counsel for the New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office from 2003 to 2010. In 2010, she was selected as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Hampshire.[4][5]

Federal judicial service

On May 23, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated McCafferty to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, to the seat vacated by Judge Steven J. McAuliffe, who took senior status on April 1, 2013. After months of delay, the Senate confirmed McCafferty's nomination, 79-19, on December 12, 2013, after voting 58–40 for cloture on the nomination, cutting off a Republican-led filibuster.[6] McCafferty is the first woman to serve as a district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.[7] She received her judicial commission on December 17, 2013.[5] She became Chief Judge on November 1, 2018. She is the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of the District of New Hampshire.[8]

References

1. Making History: President Obama’s Female Judicial Nominees Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Alliance for Justice (June 11, 2013).
2. "U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty Returning to SDS as Graduation Speaker". Who's On The Move. May 28, 2014. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
3. "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire" (PDF).
4. "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve as District Court Judges". 23 May 2013.
5. "McCafferty, Landya B. – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
6. Ben Leubsdorf, U.S. Senate confirms Landya McCafferty as new N.H. federal judge Archived 2014-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Concord Monitor (December 12, 2013).
7. Emily Corwin, N.H.'s First Female Federal District Judge Confirmed, New Hampshire Public Radio (December 12, 2013).
8. "Honorable Landya B. McCafferty Next Chief Judge". www.nhd.uscourts.gov. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-03.

External links

• Landya B. McCafferty at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Landya McCafferty at Ballotpedia