Paul J. Barbadoro

Paul James Barbadoro (born June 4, 1955) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. In July 2016, he was appointed by Chief Justice Roberts as the chair of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Early life and education Barbadoro was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up in Acton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Gettysburg College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 and earned a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 1980. Legal career He was a New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General from 1979 to 1984, and was counsel to United States Senator Warren Rudman from 1984 to 1986. After a brief stint in private practice in Concord, New Hampshire, he served as Deputy Chief Counsel to the United States Senate investigative Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, during the Iran-Contra affair in 1987. He returned to private practice in Concord, New Hampshire from 1986 until he was appointed to the federal bench in 1992. He is also an adjunct Professor of Business Law at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.