--- title: "Julia Eleanor Kobick | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-eleanor-kobick" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Julia Eleanor Kobick U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts - State: Massachusetts - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American judge serving on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts since November 13, 2023 - Assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2013-2021 - Law clerk, Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States, 2012-2013 - 2012–2013: Law clerk, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court - Law clerk, Hon. Michael A. Chagares, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2011-2012 - Law clerk, Hon. F. Dennis Saylor IV, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 2010-2011 ### Education - Harvard Law School — J.D. (2010) - Pace University — M.S. (2007) - Harvard University — B.A. (2005) ### Additional information - Deputy state solicitor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2021-2023 - Nominated by President Joe Biden on August 1, 2022, to replace Judge William G. Young, who had assumed senior status in 2021. - Born 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts. - Date of birth: 1983 - As a U.S. District Judge, Kobick presides over federal cases in Massachusetts, including civil, criminal, and constitutional matters. - Birth place: Boston ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761336) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761336) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761336) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Julia Eleanor Kobick](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761336) - [Wikidata: Julia Kobick](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113337046) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-eleanor-kobick", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/julia-eleanor-kobick", "name": "Julia Eleanor Kobick | KnowJudges", "description": "Julia Eleanor Kobick, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.