Appointed By: Pres. Barack H. Obama, II
The Hon. Allison D. Burroughs is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She was nominated to the bench by former President Barack Obama on July 31, 2014, filling a seat vacated by the Hon. Rya Weickert Zobel. Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 2014.
Prior to her appointment, Burroughs was a partner at Nutter McClennen & Fish in Boston, a law firm she joined in 2005. During her tenure there, she represented individuals and corporations in criminal and civil proceedings. Before that, she spent time as an assistant United States attorney with the District of Massachusetts, where she held assignments on the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force and the Economic Crimes Unit (1995 to 2005).
Burroughs earned a B.A. from Middlebury College in 1983. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 1988. As a law student, she was a summer associate at Hoyle Morris & Kerr (1986), Mintz Levin Ferris Cohn Glovsky & Popeo (1987), Williams & Connolly (1987), and Ropes & Gray (1988). She also sat as an editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania (1989) and Massachusetts (1996).
After graduating from law school, Burroughs began her legal career as a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Norma L. Shapiro of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She served in that capacity until 1989, at which time she became an assistant United States attorney for the Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Her memberships have included the American Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys. She has also been involved with the Belmont Country Club and Litigation Counsel of America, and she has served on the boards of Agassiz Village and Womenade Boston.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Burroughs resided in Waban, Massachusetts, at the time of her appointment.
| Current Appointment U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
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Education
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - 1988 B.A., Middlebury College - 1983 |
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - 1988 B.A., Middlebury College - 1983 |
| Official Website www.mad.uscourts.gov | www.mad.uscourts.gov |
| Current Court: | MA - U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
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| Clerk phone: | +1 (617) 748-4232 |
| Docket Clerk: | +1 (617) 748-9041 |
| Role | Employer | Where |
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| Judicial Law Clerk | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
| Assistant United States Attorney | Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
| Assistant United States Attorney | Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Partner | Nutter McClennen & Fish | Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Judge | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
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