Norman H. Stahl
Norman H. Stahl (born January 30, 1931) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Education and career. Stahl was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts College in 1952. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1955. He was a law clerk for Judge John V. Spalding of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1955 to  1956. He was in private practice of law in Manchester from 1956 to 1990. Federal judicial service. Stahl was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on January 24, 1990, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire vacated by Judge Martin F. Loughlin. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 5, 1990, and received commission on April 6, 1990. His service was terminated on June 30, 1992, due to elevation to the First Circuit. Stahl was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on April 9, 1992, to a  seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated by Judge David Souter. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26, 1992, and received commission on June 30, 1992. He assumed senior status on April 16, 2001. Stahl has also served on committees of the Judicial Conference of the United States dealing with the federal judicial budget and with court facilities and securities issues.