Edward Francis Harrington
| Edward F. Harrington | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
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Assumed office March 1, 2001 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
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In office February 22, 1988 – March 1, 2001 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Andrew A. Caffrey |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished on March 1, 2001 (temporary judgeship expired) |
| United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | |
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In office 1977–1981 |
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| Preceded by | James N. Gabriel |
| Succeeded by | William F. Weld |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Edward Francis Harrington 16 September 1933 Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party |
Democrat Republican (1984 – Present) |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Erisman Harrington |
| Residence | Needham, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater |
College of the Holy Cross Boston College Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney Judge |
Edward Francis Harrington (born 1933) is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Harrington graduated in cursu honoris cum laude with an A.B. from College of the Holy Cross in 1955 and a J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1960. He was in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1957 as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. He was in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1957 to 1972. He was a law clerk for the Hon. Paul C. Reardon, Chief Judge, Massachusetts Superior Court from 1960 to 1961.
He was a trial attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1961 to 1965. Harrington was one of the fifteen members of Robert F. Kennedy's so-called 'Hoffa Squad," which investigated illegalities in James Hoffa's Teamsters Union.
He was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1965 to 1969 where he was instrumental in developing one of the first accomplice witnesses, Joseph Baron, against organized crime in New England. Baron was one of the first members of organized crime to turn evidence against the organized criminal syndicate.
He was briefly in private practice in Taunton, Massachusetts in 1969. He then became an Attorney-in-charge for the U.S. Department of Justice's 'Strike Force' Against Organized Crime for New England from 1970 to 1973. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1973 to 1977. In 1974 he was a candidate for Massachusetts Attorney General, finishing third in the Democratic Primary. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1977 to 1981. He was in private practice in Framingham, Massachusetts from 1981 to 1988. Harrington ran for Massachusetts Attorney General again in 1986, this time as a Republican. He lost in the general election to Democrat James Shannon 55% to 45%.
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