Judge Mark L WolfMark Lawrence Wolf is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Wolf was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on March 8, 1985 by President onald Reagan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1985, and received his commission on the following day. In 2006, Wolf was appointed Chief Judge, and he served in this position for six years, until 2012.On January 1, 2013, he took senior status. His departure from full-time status created an open seat for the district. Wolf had been vocal about getting newer, younger judges to represent the court. Wolf wrote in his letter to the president. "While I look forward to continuing to render substantial service as a Senior Judge, I am confident that my court and my community will be enriched by also having the undoubtedly younger additional judge who will be appointed to fill the vacancy created as a result of my becoming a Senior Judge. As a Senior Judge, Wolf has continued to preside in a wide range of criminal and civil cases.In 2016, Judge Wolf, Justice Richard Goldstone of South Africa and colleagues formed Integrity Initiatives International (III), a Boston-based NGO and international anti-corruption advocacy group. III aims to combat grand corruption by strengthening the enforcement of criminal laws against kleptocrats. One part of III's mission is to catalyze a campaign for the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC)--a concept which Wolf originated in 2014 articles for the Brookings Institution, published in The Washington Post.In July 2018, Daedalus (journal) published Wolf's article, "The World Needs an International Anti-Corruption Court."[4] He has also frequently spoken on the role of the judge in a democracy, human rights issues, and combatting corruption in various countries around the world: Russia, China, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Egypt, Cyprus, and Panama. Read More Read Less