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5 unusual facts about United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts


Antonia Handler Chayes

Chayes then spent 1972-73 as the law clerk of Judge Charles Edward Wyzanski, Jr. of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Fernand Gillet

He became a naturalized United States Citizen on September 11, 1933, through the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Boston.

Fluffernutter

In 2006, Durkee-Mower sued Williams-Sonoma Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging that Williams-Sonoma infringed on its trademark by selling a marshmallow and peanut butter chocolate-covered candy under the Fluffernutter name.

George Schussel

In 2004, George Schussel was charged by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts with conspiracy and tax evasion.

Sila María González Calderón

In 1992, she returned to Puerto Rico and obtained the license to practice law in the island, on Federal Court, and on the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston.


Frank A. Mason

Mason was the son of David H. Mason, an attorney and politician who served on the Massachusetts Board of Education, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and later as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.

Indira Talwani

Indira Talwani is a Massachusetts attorney in private practice and a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.


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Indira Talwani

On September 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Talwani to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to the seat vacated by Judge Mark L. Wolf, who took senior status on January 1, 2013.