Patti B Saris

Patti B Saris is a United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010. She has a reputation for her thorough legal reasoning and has presided over a variety of significant cases, including those related to environmental law and public policy. Recently, she gained attention for ruling that President Trump's ban on new wind energy permits was 'unlawful,' stating that the federal agencies failed to justify their abrupt change in policy, which had significantly impacted numerous clean energy projects across the country.