Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Barack ObamaDemocratic president
Seat
CA21006
Nominated
April 2, 2009
Committee hearing
May 12, 2009
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 11, 2009
Senate vote
94โ€“3Roll Call
Confirmed
Sept. 17, 2009
Commissioned
Sept. 18, 2009
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Sept. 5, 2016

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge May 25, 2000 Sept. 21, 2009 Appointment to Another Judicial Position William J. Clinton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Sept. 18, 2009 In service Barack Obama

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

  • No recorded activity.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream โ€” not that the judge has written nothing.