Background
HOMANS, WILLIAM was born on March 18, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
HOMANS, WILLIAM was born on March 18, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Honorary Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1982.
Working as a partner of HOMANS, HAMILTON & DAHMEN. Admitted to the bar, 1949, Massachusetts. 1954, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts. 1957, United States. Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
1965, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1967, United States. Supreme Court.
Attorney General’s Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, 1967-1972. Executive Committee, Massachusetts Criminal Law Revision Commission, 1968-1972. Vice Chairman, Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure, Massachusetts Judicial Conference, 1972-1979.
Special Assistant Attorney General, 1973.
Member, Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Criminal Procedure, since 1979. Member: Boston (Member of Council, 1963-1966.
1970-1972. Chairman, Committee on Criminal Law, 1967-1970), Cambridge (Director, 1966- 1972) and Massachusetts (Member, Criminal Law Committee, 1967 1975) Bar Associations.