Walter Skinner

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Years in office: 1992 - 2005

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Years in office: 1973 - 1992

Successor:Patti Saris (Nonpartisan)

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University, 1948

Law

Harvard Law, 1952

Personal

Birthplace

District of Columbia

Walter Jay Skinner (1927-2005) was afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He joined the court in 1973 after an appointment fromRichard Nixon. At the time of appointment he was a private practice attorney in Boston, MA. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 14, 1992, and served until his death onMay 8, 2005.^[1]

Early life and education

• Harvard University, A.B., 1948
• Harvard Law School, J.D., 1952^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1952-1957
• Private practice, Scituate, Massachusetts, 1957-1963
• Town counsel, Scituate, Massachusetts, 1957-1963
• Assistant district attorney, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1957-1963
• Assistant attorney general / chief, Criminal Division, Massachusetts, 1963-1965
• Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1965-1973^[1]

Judicial career

District of Massachusetts

PresidentRichard M. Nixon nominated Skinner on October 10, 1973, to a seat vacated byAnthony Julian; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 14, 1973, and received commission onDecember 19. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 14, 1992, and served until his death onMay 8, 2005. Skinner was succeeded in this position byPatti Saris.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

External links

• 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 byRichard Nixon
1969	Adams •Barlow •Battin •Brooks •Burger •Carswell •Clark •Garth •Gibbons •Goodwin •Hannum •Herman •Ingraham •Kilkenny •Lane •Levin •MacKinnon •McFadden •Middlebrooks •Parker •Robb •Trask •Widener •Wilkins •Williams •Wright
1970	Becker •Blackmun •Bogue •Bratcher •Bue •Conti •Cox •Ditter •Dupree •Eisele •Engel •Fay •Feikens •Fisher •Frey •Gorbey •Hill •Huyett •Kelleher •Kennedy •Kent •King •Kitchen •Knapp •Knox •Krupansky •McCune •McGarr •McWilliams •Mechem •J. Miller •W. Miller •Morton •Moye •Muir •O'Kelley •Oakes •Pell •Pointer •Pratt •Roney •Rosenn •Ross •Schnacke •Scott •Stapleton •Steger •Stevens •Teitelbaum •Thompson •Tjoflat •Toledo •Turrentine •Urbom •VanArtsdalen •Walinski •Wallace •Wangelin •Webster •Weis •Wellford •Wilkey •Winner •Wood
1971	Alaimo •Allen •A. Anderson •J. Anderson •Barrett •Bauer •Bauman •Benson •Blair •Blatt •Boe •Brieant •Broderick •Bryan Jr. •Byrne •Campbell •Chapman •Choy •Contie •Costantino •DeMascio •Denney •Dier •Doyle •Field •Finesilver •Flannery •Freeman •Gagliardi •Goodwin •Gordon •Green •Gurfein •Hall •Hand •Hodges •Holden •Hunter •Kunzig •Lacey •Lucas •Lydick •Mansfield •McGovern •McLaren •McMillen •Mulligan •Murray •Neaher •Newcomer •Newman •Nielsen •O'Connor •Oakes •Pierce •Powell •Rehnquist •Renfrew •Richey •Rosen •Rubin •Russell •Scalera •Sharp •Sprecher •Stephenson •Stuart •Timbers •Tone •Sickle •Varner •R. West •Williams • Young
1972	Bechtle •Bennett •Burns •Campbell •Carter •Coffrin •Duffy •Enright •Foreman •Freedman •Griesa •Hermansdorfer •Joiner •Kashiwa •King •Knapp •Lively •Mahon •Markey •Neill •Owens •Pesquera •Roettger •Skopil, Jr. •Stewart •Tauro •Turk •Wallace •H. Ward •R. Ward •Widener
1973	Biunno •Conner •Engel •Fogel •Garth •Gee •Guin •Hancock •Harvey •Marshall •Miller •Nangle •Owen •Reed •Schatz •Sharp •Skinner •Sneed •Snyder •Stern •Webster •Weis •Wood
1974	Alsop •Duncan •Firth •Gurfein •Hill •Matsch •McGlynn •Meanor •Miles •Morris •Orrick •Platt •Porter •Schwartz •Stagg •Tone •Voorhees •Warren •Warriner •Werker