Identity

About Indira Talwani

Titles and dates come from the District of Massachusetts court bio, the Federal Judicial Center, the Senate roll-call, and the September 24, 2013 White House announcement. Emphasis is the compiler’s. Identity confidence: high. The official judiciary portrait is used on this identity page and as the homepage lead. This page is not a tribute.

Indira Talwani, U.S. District Court official portrait — Indira Talwani. Official portrait, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts / uscourts.gov, 18 February 2021. U.S. government work. Wikimedia Commons File:Judge_Indira_Talwani.jpg.

Indira Talwani is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The name on the commission is distinctive in that office. The court’s official biography, the Federal Judicial Center directory, and Senate nomination PN1220 (113th Congress) identify the same person. Born 1960 in Englewood, New Jersey (FJC). This page is identity only. The episodes live in the posts.

Documented roles

Training. Radcliffe College, B.A., 1982 (White House announcement: Harvard College, B.A. cum laude, 1982). University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall), J.D., 1988. Clerk to Judge Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1988–1989. FJC; White House, Sept. 24, 2013.
1989–1999. Private practice, San Francisco: associate, then partner, at the firm now known as Altshuler Berzon LLP (associate 1989–1995; partner 1996–1999). White House announcement; FJC (private practice, San Francisco).
1999–2014. Private practice, Boston: partner, Segal Roitman LLP, civil litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. White House announcement; FJC.
September 24, 2013. Nominated by President Barack Obama to the District of Massachusetts, seat vacated by Mark L. Wolf (FJC: Mark Lawrence Wolf). No Senate vote on that first paper. FJC; court bio; White House announcement.
January 6, 2014. Renominated. FJC.
May 8, 2014. Cloture 55–41 (vote 136); confirmation 94–0 (vote 137), PN1220. Senate vote 137.
May 12, 2014–present (as of 2026-08-26). Commissioned United States District Judge, District of Massachusetts. Sits in Boston, John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse. FJC; MAD bio.

What this site is not

It is not a finding that Judge Talwani committed a crime. A preliminary injunction is not a final judgment and not a Supreme Court holding. A stay by the Supreme Court is a stay, not a criminal conviction. A senator calling an order “potentially impeachable” is a remark. It is not a House vote and not a Senate conviction. No House impeachment resolution naming her was found as of 2026-08-26. Do not write IMPEACHED.

It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.