Identity

About Indira Talwani

This site is case-file commentary on official acts by a public figure. Titles and dates come from the Federal Judicial Center, the District of Massachusetts chambers page, and the Senate roll call. Identity confidence: high. Episodes live on the home case file.

Indira Talwani, U.S. District Court official portrait — Indira Talwani. Official portrait, AOUSC / uscourts.gov, 18 February 2021. U.S. government work.

Indira Talwani is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The Federal Judicial Center directory and the court’s chambers page identify the same person. This page is identity only.

Documented roles

Training. Radcliffe College, B.A., 1982; University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 1988. Clerk to Judge Stanley A. Weigel, N.D. Cal., 1988–1989. FJC.
1989–2014. Private practice, San Francisco (1989–1999) and Boston (1999–2014). FJC.
September 24, 2013 / January 6, 2014. Nominated by President Obama (earlier paper returned; later PN1220). Congress.gov / FJC.
May 8, 2014. Senate confirmation 94–0 (Roll Call 137). Senate.gov.
May 12, 2014–present (as of 2026-09-09). FJC commission date. Active district judge. FJC; D. Mass..

What this site is not

Not a court. Not affiliated with Judge Talwani or the District of Massachusetts. Not a conviction page. See the disclaimer.