WASHINGTON, DC --
Today,
President Obama nominated Judge Richard Franklin Boulware II and Judge
Charles R. Breyer to serve on the United States Sentencing Commission.
“Throughout their careers these distinguished individuals have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to justice,” said
President Obama. “I am confident they will continue to serve with excellence and integrity on the United States Sentencing Commission.”
Judge Richard Franklin Boulware II: Nominee for Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission
Judge
Richard Franklin Boulware II is a United States District Judge for the
District of Nevada, a position he has held since June 2014. Prior to his
appointment to the bench,
he worked at the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Las Vegas from
2007 to 2014, where he served as the lead attorney on complex
white-collar cases from 2010 to 2014. From 2003 to 2007, he was a trial
attorney at the Federal Defenders of New York. Judge Boulware
began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Denise Cote of
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
from 2002 to 2003. He received his J.D. in 2002 from Columbia Law School
and his A.B.
cum laude in 1993 from Harvard College.
Judge Charles R. Breyer: Nominee for Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission
Judge
Charles R. Breyer has served as Vice Chair of the United States
Sentencing Commission since 2013 and as a United States District Judge
in the Northern District of California
since 1998. From 1974 to 1997, Judge Breyer worked at the law firm now
known as Coblenz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, with a brief stint as
Chief Assistant District Attorney for San Francisco in 1979. From 1973
to 1974, Judge Breyer spent a year working as an
Assistant Special Prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution
Force. He also served as an Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco
from 1967 to 1973. Judge Breyer began his legal career as a law clerk
to the Honorable Oliver J. Carter of the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California. He
received his J.D. in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley
Boalt Hall School of Law and his B.A.
cum laude in 1963 from Harvard College.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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