Denise Jefferson Casper is a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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 on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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. She was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 2010 and her commission was signed by President Barack Obama on December 20, 2010. She formerly was the Deputy District Attorney

District attorney

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 for the Middlesex

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...

 District Attorney’s Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Early life and education

Born in East Patchogue, New York

East Patchogue, New York

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, Casper received her A.B.

Bachelor of Arts

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 magna cum laude from Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

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 in 1990 and her J.D.

Juris Doctor

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 from Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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 in 1994.

Professional career

Casper started her professional career as a law clerk for Edith W. Fine and J. Harold Flannery

J. Harold Flannery

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 of the Massachusetts Appeals Court

Massachusetts Appeals Court

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. During the period of 1995 through 1998, she was an attorney with the firm of Bingham McCutchen

Bingham McCutchen

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 where she conducted civil litigation. In 1999 Casper become an Assistant United States Attorney in Boston and was the Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force starting in 2004.

Casper served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston from 1999 until 2005. She taught legal writing at Boston University School of Law

Boston University School of Law

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 from 2005 through 2007.

Casper served as the Deputy District Attorney for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 2007 until her confirmation as a federal judge.

Personal

Casper married her husband, Marc N. Casper, in 1994. He currently serves as President and CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific

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