SOROKIN, LEO T.

Judicial Biography

Year admitted to bar:

1991

Year appointed/elected:

2005, by

Background

Education:

Yale College, 1983;
Columbia Law School, 1991

Professional

Legal Employment History:

Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office (1997-2005);
Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1994-1997);
Associate, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (1992-1994);
Law clerk to the Honorable Rya W. Zobel, U.S. District Court (1991-1992)

General Character of Law Practice Prior to Judgeship:

Criminal Defense, Civil Litigation

Civic and Community Activities

Memberships/Affiliations:

Magistrate Judge Sorokin presides over the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts’ Court Assisted Recovery Effort (C.A.R.E.), for drug-dependent defendants on supervised release.
In March and April, 2006, Magistrate Judges Sorokin and Dein presented a three-part seminar for new attorneys practicing in the U.S. District Court entitled “Lessons From the Bench,” sponsored by the Younger Lawyers Division of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.