--- title: "Paul D. Borman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-d-borman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Paul D. Borman U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan - State: Michigan - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Michigan, 1994-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, having assumed senior status on August 1, 2023 - Service: Judge of the Eastern District of Michigan from August 10, 1994, until August 1, 2023 - Professor, Wayne State University Law School, 1968-1979 - Assistant prosecutor, Wayne County, MI, 1974-1975 - Assistant prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, 1974-1975 - Assistant dean, Wayne State University Law School, 1968-1973 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1964-1965 - Current Role: Senior Judge, Eastern District of Michigan, based at the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse, Detroit, MI ### Education - Yale University — LL.M. (1964) - University of Michigan Law School — J.D. (1962) - University of Michigan — B.A. (1959) ### Additional information - Special counsel, Mayor's Development Team, Detroit, MI, 1967-present - Adjunct lecturer, University of Michigan Law School, 1981-1994 - Chief federal defender, Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit, MI, 1979-1994 - Chief federal defender, Legal Aid & Defender Association of Detroit, Michigan, 1979-1994 - Special counsel, Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, Detroit, MI, 1967-1968 - Special counsel, Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, Detroit, Michigan, 1967-1968 - Special counsel, Mayor's Development Team, Detroit, Michigan, 1967 - Vice-president/house counsel, Borman Food Stores, Inc., 1965-1967 - Staff attorney, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1962-1963 - Born January 7, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. - Date of birth: 1939-01-01 - Mumford High School - Birth place: Detroit, MI ## 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/1378051) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378051) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378051) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/335/paul-d-borman/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/335/paul-d-borman/) - [Judge Paul D. Borman](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378051) - [Wikidata: Paul D. Borman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150084) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-d-borman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-d-borman", "name": "Paul D. Borman | KnowJudges", "description": "Paul D. Borman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-09", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-d-borman#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/paul-d-borman#judge", "name": "Paul D. 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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.