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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican president
Seat
CA21003
Nominated
Sept. 8, 1981
Committee hearing
Nov. 13, 1981
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 17, 1981
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Nov. 18, 1981
Commissioned
Nov. 18, 1981
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Jan. 1, 1990
Service ended
March 31, 1995Retirement

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 20, 1971 Nov. 30, 1981 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Nov. 18, 1981 March 31, 1995 Retirement Ronald Reagan

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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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.