Paul D. Borman

Paul David Borman (born January 7, 1939) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, having been appointed in 1994. Borman was earlier an Assistant United States Attorney, and Special Counsel to the Mayor of Detroit. For 15 years thereafter, he was Chief Federal Defender of the Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit from 1979 to 1994. When he was appointed to be a federal judge, he became the first federal defender to be appointed to the federal bench. He was also a Professor and Assistant Dean at Wayne State University Law School, and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School. Early life and education Borman was a native of Detroit, Michigan, and his father – Tom Borman – was president of Borman Food Stores, Inc. Borman graduated from Mumford High School in 1956. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Michigan in 1959. He later received a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1962, and a Master of Laws from Yale Law School in 1964. Borman became engaged to Susan Cohen, daughter of Manuel F. Cohen, Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in early 1964, and married her in June of that year. Early career