United States Magistrate Judge STANLEY A. BOONE (SAB)
Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court, Eastern
District of California
United States Magistrate Judge appointed December 31, 2012
Education:
University of California, Berkeley,
1988
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law,
J.D., 1995
Professional Career:
2010-2012
Chief, White Collar Crime Unit, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s
Office, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division
2009-2010
White Collar Crime Coordinator, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office
for U.S. Attorneys (Washington, D.C.)
1996-2009
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office,
Eastern District of California, Fresno Division
1995-1996
Law Clerk, Honorable Peter A. Nowinski, U.S.
Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division
1989-1995
Senior Paralegal Specialist & Certified Student Attorney, U.S. Department
of Justice, U.S. Trustee Program
2008-2012
Judge Pro Tem, Fresno County
Biography:
Judge
Boone was appointed to the federal bench as a United States magistrate judge on
December 31, 2012. Prior to his appointment, he served for almost
twenty-three years in a variety of capacities, both civil and criminal, with
the United States Department of Justice. In June 2010, Judge Boone became
the Chief of the White Collar Crime unit in the Fresno United States Attorney’s
office where he handled cases and supervised Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the
areas of economic fraud, identity theft, intellectual property, money
laundering, taxation, child pornography and immigration. From 2009 to
2010, Judge Boone was stationed in Washington, D.C. as the White Collar Crime
Coordinator for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, United States
Department of Justice. In that role, he represented the United States
Attorney’s community in reviewing and formulating policy and legislation
involving white collar crime. From 1996 to 2009, Judge Boone was an
Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Fresno U.S.
Attorney’s office handling a wide variety of cases, including white collar,
national security, intellectual property, public corruption, identity theft,
health care fraud and other federal crime cases. During this time, Judge
Boone held positions as misdemeanor unit supervisor, Elections Officer,
Bankruptcy Fraud Coordinator and International Coordinator. Throughout
his tenure, Judge Boone wrote and argued a number of appeals before the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals, including an en banc argument. From 1989 to
1995, Judge Boone was employed by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the
United States Trustee, handling civil matters associated with financial audits
and bankruptcy litigation. During a portion of that time, Judge Boone
attended evening law school and, as a student certified attorney, handled civil
law and motion, discovery litigation and civil bench trials.
Judge
Boone is co-author of a chapter entitled “Disaster-Related Federal Crimes” for
the Crisis Response and Related Litigation (2009 ed.) book, which is part of
the U.S. Justice Department “Blue Book” series (practical “how to” books for
prosecutors) and co-author on an article in the U.S. Attorney’s Bulletin on
financial fraud entitled “Mortgage Fraud Working Group.”
Judge
Boone has traveled to other countries, including Russia, Bulgaria and India, to
help assess, train and lecture judges, prosecutors and law enforcement
officials in criminal prosecution. He was a frequent lecturer at the
Justice Department’s training facilities in South Carolina, Washington, D.C.
and elsewhere, teaching trial advocacy and a variety of white collar crime
subject matters (mortgage, bankruptcy and bank fraud, money laundering and
identity theft). He has spoken for a variety of federal agencies,
including the Federal Reserve, HUD, Secret Service and FBI, and was also a
frequent lecturer for other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies
on topics involving Fourth and Fifth Amendment jurisprudence and substantive
law. For his work, Judge Boone received
commendations from FBI Directors Louis J. Freeh and Robert S. Mueller,
III, Secret Service Directors W. Ralph Basham and Mark J. Sullivan and
others.
Judge
Boone received his undergraduate degree at the University of California,
Berkeley, majoring in Legal Studies with an Asian Studies minor. His
undergraduate studies also included a concentration in business administration
and accounting. He received his law degree at the University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California,
where he received the Valedictorian Award for his evening class, Order of the
Coif, the Roger J. Traynor Honor Society and American
Jurisprudence awards in Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure.
Judge
Boone was a judicial law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter A. Nowinski in Sacramento. He served as Federal Bar
Association, San Joaquin Valley Chapter, President for part of 2009 and all of
2012.
Judge
Boone is an adjunct professor at San Joaquin College of Law in Fresno, and has
taught courses in appellate moot court, federal courts and evidence. He
is presently chair of the Eastern District of California’s Local Rules
committee and serves as a member of the court’s Technology User Group.
Judge
Boone has extensive trial experience both as a litigator and a judge in both
the civil and criminal arenas. To see more detailed information
regarding his courtroom procedures, including trial, see the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of California’s website
(http://www.caed.uscourts.gov) under Judges; United States Magistrate Judge
Stanley A. Boone (SAB) in the area entitled “Case Management Procedures”
with links to “Standard Information”, “Courtroom Technology”, “Pre-Trial
and Trial Procedures/Deadlines”, “Jury Selection” and “Trial Conduct and
Decorum” as well as other areas.