George A. O'Toole, Jr.

George A. O'Toole, Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Incumbent
Assumed office May 26, 1995
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 76–77) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Lucy A. Flynn
Children	sons, George and John
Alma mater	Boston College Harvard Law School

George A. O'Toole, Jr. (born 1947) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, O'Toole received an A.B. from Boston College in 1969 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1972. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1972 to 1982. He was an Associate Justice of the Boston Municipal Court from 1982 to 1990, and of the Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1990 to 1995.

On April 4, 1995, O'Toole was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 25, 1995, and received his commission on May 26, 1995.

O'Toole presided over the 2015 trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing.

He is married to Lucy A. Flynn, who works at Raytheon Co. They have two sons, George and John.

Sources

• George A. O'Toole, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts 1995–present	Incumbent