| James N. Gabriel | |
| Birth Name: | James Nicholas Gabriel |
| Birth Date: | February 26, 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York[1] |
| Death Place: | Brighton, Massachusetts[2] |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Helen Rawan |
| Children: | 5 |
| Education: | Boston College (LLB) New York University (LLM) |
| Title1: | Bankruptcy Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
| Term Start1: | December 1977 |
| Term End1: | 1990 |
| Title2: | United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts |
| Term Start2: | 1973 |
| Term End2: | August 1, 1977 |
| President2: | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Predecessor2: | Joseph L. Tauro |
| Successor2: | Edward F. Harrington |
| Term Start3: | 1971 |
| Term End3: | 1972 |
| President3: | Richard Nixon |
| Predecessor3: | Herbert F. Travers, Jr. |
| Successor3: | Joseph L. Tauro |
| Branch: | United States Army Air Forces |
| Battles: | World War II |
| Serviceyears: | 1943–1945 |
James Nicholas Gabriel[3] (February 26, 1923 – November 26, 1991) was an American lawyer and judge from Massachusetts.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. He attended Boston College for two years before enlisting in the military.[4] [5] He graduated from Boston College Law School with a Bachelor of Laws in 1949.[6] He later earned a Master of Laws from New York University School of Law.
He enlisted and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
He was in private practice before working for the state government of Massachusetts.
He served as an assistant attorney general for public works under Massachusetts Attorneys General Edward Brooke, Ed Martin, and Elliot Richardson.[7] [8]
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.
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.
He married Helen Rawan and the couple had five children. He died on November 26, 1991, in Lexington, Massachusetts.