James N. Gabriel

Early life and education He was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He graduated from Boston College Law School with a Bachelor of Laws in 1949. He later earned a Master of Laws from New York University School of Law.

He served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1973 to 1977. From 1977 to 1990 he was a United States bankruptcy court judge for the District of Massachusetts. During his last four years on the bench he was the court's chief judge. Political career He is a former member of the Massachusetts Republican Committee. He is a former chairman of the Cambridge Republican City Committee and the Young Republican Club of Cambridge.

Personal life and death He married Helen Rawan and the couple had five children. He died on November 26, 1991, in Lexington, Massachusetts.