Judith Barzilay
| Judith Barzilay | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of International Trade | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 1/27/1998-6/2/2011 |
| Senior: | 6/2/2011-present |
| Preceded by: | Dominick DiCarlo |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | Wichita State University, B.A., 1965 |
| Law School: | Rutgers U. Law, J.D., 1981 |
| Grad. School: | Rutgers U., M.L.S., 1971 |
Judith Barzily is a Article III federal judge serving on senior status for the United States Court of International Trade. She joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She assumed senior status on June 2, 2011.
Early life and education
Barzilay graduated from Wichita State with her Bachelor's degree in 1965 and later graduated from Rutgers University School of Library and Information Science with a Masters in Library Science in 1971 and later graduated from Rutgers Law with her J.D. degree in 1981. Before becoming involved in the legal profession, Barzilay was a High school teacher in Kansas and New Jersey from 1965 to 1967 and from 1968 to 1969 and worked as a librarian in New York and New Jersey from 1971 to 1978[1].
Professional career
Barzilay began her legal career as a law clerk for Superior Court Judge Robert Tarleton in theNew Jersey Superior Court from 1981 to 1982 and served as a private practice attorney in New Jersey from 1982 to 1983 and later became a trial attorney in the International Trade Field Office for the U.S. Department of Justice based in New York City from 1983 to 1986 and later resumed private practice work in New York City from 1986 to 1988 before becoming a Senior attorney with Sony Electronics, Inc. from 1988 to 1989 and was promoted within Sony to Vice president, Import-Export Operations from 1989 to 1995 and was promoted to Vice president of Government Affairs for Sony from 1996 to 1998 and was also a member of the Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service from 1995 to 1998[1].
Judicial career
Barzily was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1998 to a seat vacated by Dominick DiCarlo as DiCarlo assumed senior status[1]. Barzily was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 11, 1998 on a majority voice vote and received commission on March 11, 1998[2]. She assumed senior status on June 2, 2011.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Barzily's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of Judith Barzily, June 8, 2009(Search for Judith Barzily)
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Donald Pogue • Jane Restani • Gregory Carman • Richard Eaton • Leo Gordon • Delissa Ridgway • Timothy Stanceu | ||
| Senior judges |
Judith Barzilay • Thomas Aquilino • Richard Goldberg • Kenton Musgrave • Nicholas Tsoucalas • | ||
| Former Article III judges | Evan Wallach • Dominick DiCarlo • Nils Boe • Morgan Ford • Frederick Landis • Herbert Maletz • Bernard Newman • Paul Rao • Edward Re • Scovel Richardson • Samuel Rosenstein • James Watson • | ||
| Former Chief judges | |||
