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Mary Lisi

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Tenure

2015 - Present

Years in position

10

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Years in office: 1994 - 2015

Education

Bachelor's

University of Rhode Island, 1972

Law

Temple University School of Law, 1977

Personal

Birthplace

Providence, RI

Mary M. Lisi is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. Lisi served as thechief judge of the district court from 2006 to 2013.

Early life and education

A native ofProvidence, Rhode Island, Lisi graduated from the University of Rhode Island with her bachelor's degree in 1972 and from Temple University School of Law with herJ.D. in 1977.^[1]

Professional career

• 1994 - Present:United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

• 2015 - Present: Senior judge

• 2006-2013: Chief judge

• 1994-2015: Judge

• 1991-1992: Member, Select Commission to investigate the failure of Rhode Island Share and Deposit Indemnity Corporation
• 1990-1994: Chief disciplinary counsel,Rhode Island Supreme Court
• 1988-1990: Deputy disciplinary counsel, Rhode Island Supreme Court
• 1982-1987: Director, Court-appointed special advocate program, Rhode Island Family Court
• 1981-1982: Private practice,Providence, R.I.
• 1981-1982: Assistant child advocate, Rhode Island Office of the Child Advocate
• 1977-1981: Assistant public defender, Rhode Island Public Defender's Office^[1]

Judicial career

District of Rhode Island

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Mary M. Lisi
Court:United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Progress
Confirmed 99 days after nomination.
ANominated: January 27, 1994
AABA Rating:Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: April 21, 1994
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: May 5, 1994
AConfirmed: May 6, 1994
AVote: Voice vote

Lisi was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton on January 27, 1994, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the District of Rhode Island vacated byFrancis Boyle. TheAmerican Bar Association rated LisiMajority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Lisi's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on April 21, 1994, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen.Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on May 5, 1994. Lisi was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on May 6, 1994, and she received her commission on May 9, 1994. From 2006 to 2013, Lisi served as thechief judge of the district court. She elected to takesenior status beginning on October 1, 2015.^[1][2][3]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
• United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Lisi's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Active judges	Chief Judge: John J. McConnell, Jr.  •  Mary McElroy  •  Melissa DuBose
Senior judges	Mary Lisi  •  Ronald Lagueux  •  William E. Smith (Rhode Island)  •
Magistrate judges	Patricia Sullivan (Rhode Island)  •
Former Article III judges	Ernest Torres  •  Bruce Marshall Selya  •  Benjamin Bourne  •  Henry Marchant  •  David Leonard Barnes  •  David Howell (Rhode Island)  •  John Pitman  •  Jonathan Russell Bullock  •  John Power Knowles  •  LeBaron Bradford Colt  •  George Moulton Carpenter  •  Arthur Lewis Brown  •  Ira Lloyd Letts  •  John Christopher Mahoney  •  Francis Boyle  •  Edward Day  •  John Patrick Hartigan  •  Edward Leahy  •  Raymond Pettine  •
Former Chief judges	Ronald Lagueux  •  Ernest Torres  •  Francis Boyle  •  Edward Day  •  Raymond Pettine  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byBill Clinton
1993	Adams •Ambrose •Barnes •Brinkema •Bucklew •Chasanow •Coffman •Daughtrey •Ferguson •Ginsburg •Hagen •Jackson •Lancaster •Leval •Lindsay •Messitte •Michael •Piersol •Saris •Schwartz •Seybert •Shanahan •Shaw •Stearns •Trager •Vazquez •Wilken •Wilson
1994	Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams
1995	Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood
1996	Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata
1997	Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash
1998	Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young
1999	Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson
2000	Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore