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Rya Zobel

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Tenure

2014 - Present

Years in position

11

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Years in office: 1979 - 2014

Education

Bachelor's

Radcliffe College, 1953

Law

Harvard Law, 1956

Contact

Official website

Rya Weickert Zobel is afederal judge onsenior status for theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter. At the time of her appointment, Zobel was a private practice attorney inMassachusetts. On April 1, 2014, Zobel assumedsenior status after 35 years of service.^[1]

Education

Zobel was born in Zwickau, Germany and graduated from Radcliffe College with her bachelor's degree in 1953. Zobel received herJ.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1956.^[1]

Professional career

Zobel was a law clerk to former federal judgeGeorge Sweeney of theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 1956 to 1966. Zobel was a private practice attorney in the State ofMassachusetts from 1967 to 1979.^[1]

Judicial career

District of Massachusetts

Zobel was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts by PresidentJimmy Carter on January 25, 1979, to a new seat created by92 Stat. 1629, which was approved byCongress. Zobel was confirmed by the U.S.Senate on March 21, 1979, on a voice vote and received commission onMarch 23, 1979. Zobel assumedsenior status on April 1, 2014^[1]

Federal Judicial Center

From 1995 to 1999, Zobel served as the Director of theFederal Judicial Center.^[1]

See also

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

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Rya Zobel Biography at theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Active judges	Chief Judge: Denise Casper  •  Nathaniel Gorton  •  Richard Stearns  •  Leo Sorokin  •  Angel Kelley  •  Mark G. Mastroianni  •  Indira Talwani  •  Margaret R. Guzman  •  Allison Dale Burroughs  •  Myong Joun  •  Julia Kobick  •  Brian Murphy (Massachusetts)  •  Benjamin Cheeks
Senior judges	Rya Zobel  •  William G. Young (Massachusetts)  •  Douglas Woodlock  •  Nathaniel Gorton  •  Patti Saris  •  George O'Toole  •  Michael Ponsor  •  Dennis Saylor  •  Timothy Hillman  •
Magistrate judges	Robert Collings  •  Jerome Niedermeier  •  Jennifer Boal  •  David Hennessy  •  Mary Page Kelley  •  Donald L. Cabell  •  Katherine A. Robertson  •
Former Article III judges	Mark Wolf  •  Edward Harrington  •  Joseph Tauro  •  Reginald Lindsay  •  Nancy Gertner  •  Levin Hicks Campbell  •  John A. Lowell  •  John Davis (District of Massachusetts)  •  Peleg Sprague  •  John Lowell (federal judge, 1865-1884)  •  Thomas Leverett Nelson  •  Francis Cabot Lowell  •  Frederic Dodge  •  James Madison Morton  •  Elisha Hume Brewster  •  James Arnold Lowell  •  Hugh Dean McLellan  •  George Clinton Sweeney  •  Francis Ford  •  David Sutherland Nelson  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  Andrew Caffrey  •  Frank Freedman  •  Wendell Garrity  •  Arthur Healey  •  Anthony Julian  •  Robert Keeton  •  David Mazzone  •  William T. McCarthy  •  John McNaught  •  Frank Murray  •  Walter Skinner  •  Charles Wyzanski  •
Former Chief judges	Joseph Tauro  •  William G. Young (Massachusetts)  •  Dennis Saylor  •  George Clinton Sweeney  •  Andrew Caffrey  •  Frank Freedman  •  Anthony Julian  •  Charles Wyzanski  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine •Bownes •Boyle •Bua •Carr •Clark •Cowan •Daly •Filippine •Higginbotham •Hoeveler •Hug •Johnstone •Kane •Keith •Leval •Logan •MacLaughlin •McKay •Melton •Merritt •Murphy •Nickerson •Oberdorfer •Roszkowski •Roy •Rubin •Sifton •Tang •Vance •Veron
1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen