Landya B. McCafferty

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| name = Landya B. McCafferty

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| image = Landya McCafferty (cropped).jpg

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| caption = McCafferty in 2013

| office = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire

| term_start = November 1, 2018

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| predecessor = Joseph Normand Laplante

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| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire

| term_start1 = December 17, 2013

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| appointer1 = Barack Obama

| predecessor1 = Steven J. McAuliffe

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| office2 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire

| term_start2 = 2010

| term_end2 = December 17, 2013

| pronunciation =

| birth_name = Landya Marie Boyer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|09|19}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

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| education = Harvard University (AB)
Northeastern University (JD)

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Landya Marie Boyer McCafferty (born September 19, 1962) is an American attorney serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She is the first woman to serve as a federal judge of the District Court of New Hampshire.[http://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/President-Obama-Female-Firsts.pdf Making History: President Obama’s Female Judicial Nominees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928205158/https://www.afj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/President-Obama-Female-Firsts.pdf |date=September 28, 2018 }}, Alliance for Justice (June 11, 2013).

Early life and education

McCafferty was born Landya Marie Boyer in 1962, in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/113thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/McCafferty-Senate-Questionnaire-Final.pdf|title=Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire|publisher=|access-date=June 21, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107025124/http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/113thCongressJudicialNominations/upload/McCafferty-Senate-Questionnaire-Final.pdf|url-status=live}} She graduated from the Spartanburg Day School in 1980 as the third female in school history to be elected student body president. She received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1984, cum laude, from Harvard University. She received a Juris Doctor in 1991 from Northeastern University School of Law.{{cite web |last1=Inc |first1=Justia |title=Landya B. McCafferty |url=https://professionals.justia.com/profile/landya-b-mccafferty-1507109 |website=professionals.justia.com |access-date=15 November 2023 |language=en |date=2013 |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228164007/https://professionals.justia.com/profile/landya-b-mccafferty-1507109 |url-status=live }}

Career

She worked as a law clerk to Judge Norman H. Stahl, both at the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire and at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, following his elevation to that court. From 1993 to 1994, she served as an associate at the law firm of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. From 1994 to 1995, she served as a law clerk to Judge A. David Mazzone of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She served as a staff attorney for the New Hampshire Public Defender Program from 1995 to 2003. She served as Disciplinary Counsel for the New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office from 2003 to 2010. In 2010, she was selected as a United States magistrate judge for the District of New Hampshire.{{Cite web|date=May 28, 2014|title=U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty Returning to SDS as Graduation Speaker|url=https://whosonthemove.com/u-s-district-court-judge-landya-mccafferty-returning-to-sds-as-graduation-speaker-158658/|access-date=January 29, 2021|website=Who's On The Move|language=en-US|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203073847/https://whosonthemove.com/u-s-district-court-judge-landya-mccafferty-returning-to-sds-as-graduation-speaker-158658/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/23/president-obama-nominates-three-serve-district-court-judges|work=whitehouse.gov|title=President Obama Nominates Three to Serve as District Court Judges|via=National Archives|date=May 23, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2024|archive-date=July 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702160816/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/23/president-obama-nominates-three-serve-district-court-judges|url-status=live}}{{FJC Bio|nid=1394326|inline=yes}}

=Federal judicial service=

On May 23, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated McCafferty to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, to the seat vacated by Judge Steven J. McAuliffe, who assumed senior status on April 1, 2013. On December 12, 2013, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 58–40 vote.[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1131/vote_113_1_00261.htm On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Landya B. McCafferty, of N.H., to be U.S. District Judge)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212053954/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1131/vote_113_1_00261.htm |date=December 12, 2022 }} United States Senate December 12, 2013. McCafferty's nomination was confirmed later that day by a 79–19 vote.[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1131/vote_113_1_00262.htm On the Nomination (Confirmation Landya B. McCafferty, of N.H., to be U.S. District Judge)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212053939/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1131/vote_113_1_00262.htm |date=December 12, 2022 }} United States Senate December 12, 2013.Ben Leubsdorf, [http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/politics/9736963-95/us-senate-confirms-landya-mccafferty-as-new-nh-federal-judge U.S. Senate confirms Landya McCafferty as new N.H. federal judge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020164024/http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/politics/9736963-95/us-senate-confirms-landya-mccafferty-as-new-nh-federal-judge |date=October 20, 2014 }}, Concord Monitor (December 12, 2013). McCafferty is the first woman to serve as a district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.Emily Corwin, [http://nhpr.org/post/nhs-first-female-federal-district-judge-confirmed N.H.'s First Female Federal District Judge Confirmed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232119/http://nhpr.org/post/nhs-first-female-federal-district-judge-confirmed |date=March 3, 2016 }}, New Hampshire Public Radio (December 12, 2013). She received her judicial commission on December 17, 2013. She became chief judge on November 1, 2018. She is the first woman to serve as chief judge of the District of New Hampshire.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/content/honorable-landya-b-mccafferty-next-chief-judge |title=Honorable Landya B. McCafferty Next Chief Judge |date=October 31, 2018 |website=www.nhd.uscourts.gov |language=en |access-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408100110/http://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/content/honorable-landya-b-mccafferty-next-chief-judge |url-status=live }}