Background
Buckley, F. Mac was born on November 22, 1941 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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F. Mac Buckley
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College of the Holy Cross (Bachelor of Arts, 1963). Georgetown University Law Center (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1967, Connecticut. 1969, United States. District Court, District of Connecticut and United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1979, United States.
Supreme Court and United States. Claims Court.
Listed in: National Directory of Criminal Lawyers, 1989-1996. Best Lawyers in America, 1986-1996.
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence.
Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship. Distinguished Service Award, Hartford Police Department
Distinguished Service Award, WRCH Radio. Manitoba of the Year Award, Connecticut Boxing Guild for Service to the Community, June 7, 1981.
Commendation, Hartford Court of Common Council, for Drug Enforcement and Prosecution efforts, May 13, 1974.
Commendation from Hartford Court of Common Council for Investigation and Prosecution of Drug Cases, June, 28, 1972. Assistant Professor of Criminal and Constitutional Law, Wethersfield School of Law, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to Honorary John Cotter, Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, 1967-1968.
Assistant United States.
Attorney, District of Connecticut, 1969-1971. Federal Public Defender, District of Connecticut, 1971-1972.
Special Attorney in Charge, United States. Department of Justice Narcotics Task Force, District of Connecticut, 1972-1974.
Independent Special Federal Prosecutor, 1983-1984.
Independent Special State"s Attorney, 1985-1987. Special Master, United States District Court, District of Connecticut, 1983-1988. Member, Board of Directors, Connecticut Halfway House, 1972-1976.
Editor, Connecticut Bar Journal, 1972-1973.
Chairman, American Bar Association-American Law Institute Drug Abuse Education Committee, Connecticut, 1973-1975. Councilman, Town of Newington, 1975-1978.
Chairman, Greater Hartford Area United States. Savings Bonds Campaign, 1983.
Instructor, Trial Practice, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1987-1990.
Lecturer: Practicing Law Institute (P.L.I.) July, 1969, Annual Prosecutor"s Workshop. Lecturer, November 1971, Capitol Region Crime Squad Seminar, "Evidence in Criminal Prosecutions". Lecturer, October, 1972, International Drug Abuse Institute and Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, "A Successful Drug Task Force.
Prosectors and Cops Together".
Lecturer: September, 8, 1972, White House Conference with President and Personnel of United States. Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE).
Lecturer: October, 1978, Connecticut Bar Association, Course on Trial Advocacy. Lecturer: December, 2, 1989, Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (CCDLA) Seminar "Killing the Snitch".
Governor"s Council, Governor-elect, Rowland, 1994.
Legal Commentator, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network), California v. O.J. Simpson, 1994. " Legal Consultant C.B.S., & Fox Television, Simpson Trial". Member: Connecticut (Member: Federal Judicial Screening Committee, 1970-1984.
Federal Practice Committee, 1984) and American Bar Associations.
Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. American Judicature Society.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (CCDLA, Founding Governor).
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Directors, Connecticut Halfway House, 1972-1976. Editor, Connecticut Bar Journal, 1972-1973. Chairman, American Bar Association-American Law Institute Drug Abuse Education Committee, Connecticut, 1973-1975.
Councilman, Town of Newington, 1975-1978.
Chairman, Greater Hartford Area United States. Savings Bonds Campaign, 1983.
Instructor, Trial Practice, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1987-1990.
