Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William J. ClintonDemocratic president
Seat
CA20208
Nominated
May 24, 1994
Committee hearing
July 21, 1994
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Aug. 4, 1994
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Aug. 9, 1994
Commissioned
Aug. 10, 1994
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
March 9, 2023

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 District of Connecticut Judge Dec. 10, 1979 Aug. 12, 1994 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Jimmy Carter
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Aug. 10, 1994 In service William J. Clinton

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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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 — not that the judge has written nothing.