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Ralph Winter

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Ralph Winter
Current Court Information:
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title:   Senior Judge
Station:   New York, NY
Service:
Appointed by:   Ronald Reagan
Active:   12/10/1981 - 9/30/2000
Chief:   1997-2000
Senior:   9/30/2000 - Current
Preceded by:   Walter Mansfield
Personal History
Born:   1935
Bachelors:   Yale '57
Law School:   Yale Law '60

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Ralph K. Winter, Jr. (b. 1935) is a federal appeals judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit based in New York City. He joined the court in 1981 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Winter is serving on senior status.

Early life and education

Winter graduated from Yale with his Bachelor's Degree in 1957 and graduated from Yale Law with his law degree in 1960.

Legal career

  • Law clerk, Hon. Caleb Wright, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1960-1961
  • Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1961-1962
  • Faculty, Yale Law School, 1962-1982
  • Research associate and lecturer, 1962-1964
  • Assistant / associate professor, 1964-1968
  • Professor of law, 1968-1982
  • Consultant, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1968-1972
  • Senior fellow, Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C., 1968-1970
  • Guggenheim fellow, Washington, D.C., 1971-1972
  • Adjutant scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., 1972-1981

Federal judicial career

On the unanimous recommendation of Connecticut U.S. Senators Abraham Ribicoff and Lowell Riecker, Newman was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 18, 1981, to a seat vacated by Walter Mansfield. Winter was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 19, 1979 on a senate vote and received commission on December 10, 1981. Winter served as the chief judge of the court from 1997 to 2000 before assuming senior status on September 30, 2000.

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Federal judicial offices
Preceded by:
Walter Mansfield
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
1981–present
Succeeded by:
Barrington Parker


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