James Boasberg

James Boasberg
Official portrait, 2016
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office March 17, 2023
Preceded by	Beryl Howell
Chief Judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2020
Preceded by	Rosemary M. Collyer
Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office January 1, 2020 – May 19, 2021
Preceded by	Rosemary M. Collyer
Succeeded by	Rudolph Contreras
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
In office May 18, 2014 – May 19, 2021
Preceded by	Reggie Walton
Succeeded by	Amit Mehta
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office March 17, 2011
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Thomas F. Hogan
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office September 2002 – March 14, 2011
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Gregory Mize
Succeeded by	John F. McCabe[1]
Personal details
Born	James Emanuel Boasberg (1963-02-20) February 20, 1963 (age 61) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education	Yale University (BA, JD) St Peter's College, Oxford (MSt)

James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born February 20, 1963)^[2] is the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He served as the presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2020 to 2021 and is a former associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.