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Timothy Hillman

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Tenure

2022 - Present

Years in position

3

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Years in office: 2012 - 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Coe College, 1970

Law

Suffolk University Law, 1973

Personal

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

Timothy S. Hillman is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He joined the court in 2012 after an appointment from PresidentBarack Obama (D). He assumedsenior status on July 1, 2022.^[1]

At the time of his appointment, Hillman was afederal magistrate judge for the court. He was first appointed to this position on February 13, 2006.^[2]

Biography

Education

Judge Hillman was born in 1948 inChicago, Illinois. He received his B.A. degree from Coe College in 1970 and hisJ.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1973.^[2][1]

Professional career

• 1998-2006: Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court
• 1991-1998: Justice, Massachusetts District Court
• 1981-1991: Attorney in private practice^[1][3]

Judicial career

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Timothy Hillman
Court:United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Progress
Confirmed after nomination.
ANominated: 2012
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AConfirmed: 2012

District of Massachusetts

OnAugust 5, 2011, Senators John Kerry andScott Brown recommended to the President the nomination of Judge Hillman as district judge of theU.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Worcester.^[4]

Obama officially nominated Hillman onNovember 30, 2011, to theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to fill the vacancy left byNancy Gertner.^[5]

Hillman was rated "Unanimously Well Qualified" by theAmerican Bar Association. He had a hearing before theSenate Judiciary Committee on February 15, 2012, and you can find hisCommittee Questionnaire available here and hisQuestions for the Record available here.^[6]

On June 4, 2012, the United StatesSenate confirmedTimothy Hillman to theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts with a vote of 88-1.^[7][8] He assumedsenior status on July 1, 2022.^[1]

District of Massachusetts, Maigstrate

Hillman was appointed afederal magistrate judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Worcester Division) on February 13, 2006. He served until he was elevated to an Article III post for the district.^[2][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

• United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, "Magistrate judges of the District of Massachusetts since 1971"

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 byBarack Obama
Nominated	Federal judges nominated by Barack Obama