Mary Lisi
2015 - Present
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Mary M. Lisi is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Lisi served as the chief judge of the district court from 2006 to 2013.
Early life and education
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Lisi graduated from the University of Rhode Island with her bachelor's degree in 1972 and from Temple University School of Law with her J.D. in 1977.[1]
Professional career
- 1994 - Present: United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
- 2015 - Present: Senior judge
- 2006-2013: Chief judge
- 1994-2015: Judge
- 1991-1992: Member, Select Commission to investigate the failure of Rhode Island Share and Deposit Indemnity Corporation
- 1990-1994: Chief disciplinary counsel, Rhode Island Supreme Court
- 1988-1990: Deputy disciplinary counsel, Rhode Island Supreme Court
- 1982-1987: Director, Court-appointed special advocate program, Rhode Island Family Court
- 1981-1982: Private practice, Providence, R.I.
- 1981-1982: Assistant child advocate, Rhode Island Office of the Child Advocate
- 1977-1981: Assistant public defender, Rhode Island Public Defender's Office[1]
Judicial career
District of Rhode Island
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Mary M. Lisi |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 99 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 27, 1994
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| ABA Rating: Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: April 21, 1994
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: May 5, 1994
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| Confirmed: May 6, 1994
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Lisi was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island vacated by Francis Boyle. The American Bar Association rated Lisi Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Lisi's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 21, 1994, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on May 5, 1994. Lisi was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on May 6, 1994, and she received her commission on May 9, 1994. From 2006 to 2013, Lisi served as the chief judge of the district court. She elected to take senior status beginning on October 1, 2015.[1][2][3]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
- United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Francis Boyle |
District of Rhode Island 1994–2015 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Mary McElroy
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| 1993 |
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| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Rhode Island • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Rhode Island
State courts:
Rhode Island Supreme Court • Rhode Island Superior Court • Rhode Island District Court • Rhode Island Family Court • Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court • Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal
State resources:
Courts in Rhode Island • Rhode Island judicial elections • Judicial selection in Rhode Island
