Pierre Nelson Leval

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

William J. ClintonDemocratic

Seat

CA20805

Nominated

Aug. 6, 1993

Committee hearing

Oct. 7, 1993

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Oct. 14, 1993

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Oct. 18, 1993

Commissioned

Oct. 20, 1993

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Senior status

Aug. 16, 2002

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in E.
• Sept. 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in County of Westchester v. Express Scripts
• Sept. 1
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Trireme Energy Development v. RWE Renewables
• Aug. 31
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Dziedziach v. Blanche
• May 4
  panel identified Sat on the panel in In Re: Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation
• April 30
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in In Re: In the Matter of the Complaint of Verplanck Fire District
• March 30
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Waldman v. Palestine Liberation Org.
• Jan. 14
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Harris
• Dec. 19, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Gunn
• Dec. 15, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Barnes v. United States
• Sept. 25, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Chislett v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Educ.
• Sept. 9, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Upsolve, Inc. v. James

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

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.