Appointed By: Judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
The Hon. Robert B. Collings (Ret.) served as a magistrate on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Collings was appointed to the bench by the judges of the District of Massachusetts on March 15, 1982, and reappointed in 1990, 1998, and 2006. He retired in 2014.
Prior to his appointment, Collings was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, a position to which he was named in 1971. During his tenure there, he held assignments as chief of the Criminal Division, rising through the ranks to become a first assistant United States attorney in 1978.
Collings earned a bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College in 1964. He then completed a J.D. at Harvard Law School in 1967. He is licensed to practice in Massachusetts (1968) and New Hampshire (1970).
After graduating from law school, Collings began his legal career as a judge advocate with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the United States Navy.
His memberships have included the American Bar Association, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. He has also taught as a lecturer for the Federal Judicial Center, Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, and Northeastern University School of Law, and he has served as an editor of the Federal Courts Law Review.
He is a recipient of the Founder’s Award from the Federal Magistrate Judges Association.
| Current Appointment U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Department - Courtroom 5 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Department - Courtroom 5 |
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Education
J.D., Harvard Law School - 1967 A.B., Hamilton College - 1964 |
J.D., Harvard Law School - 1967 A.B., Hamilton College - 1964 |
| 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) 748-9222 |
| Role | Employer | Where |
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| Judge Advocate | Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Navy | None |
| Assistant United States Attorney | Office of the United States Attorney for the | None |
| First Assistant United States Attorney | Office of the United States Attorney for the | None |
| Magistrate | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
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