Robert Katzmann

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Second Circuit
Active judges
Cabranes • Calabresi Hall • Jacobs Katzman • Livingston Parker Pooler • Raggi Sack • Sotomayor Wesley
Senior judges
Feinberg • Newman Kearse • Winter Miner • Walker McLaughlin • Straub Leval
Former judges
Federal Courts of Appeal

Robert Katzmann 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 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.

Early life and education

Katzman graduated from Columbia-New York with his Bachelor's Degree in 1973 and later graduated from Harvard with his Master's Degree in 1976 and his Ph.D. degree in 1978 before graduating from Yale with his juris doctorate degree in 1980.

Legal career

Katzman began his legal career as a law clerk for former Federal Appeals Judge Hugh Bownes for the First Circuit Court of Appeals based in Boston from 1980 to 1981 before becoming a Fellow at the Brookings Institute from 1981 to 1999. During his time as a fellow with the Brookings Institute, Katzman had various academic teaching positions as a Adjunct professor at Georgetown Law from 1984 to 1989 and with Georgetown's Public Policy Program from 1987 to 1992. In 1992, Katzman was promoted to full-fledge Professor at Georgetown from 1992 to 1999. Katzman also had academic positions as Chair in law and politics at Oregon in 1992, was the Visiting professor of UCLA Washington, DC program from 1990 to 1992, served as Special Assistant to Director of the Federal Judicial Center from 1986 to 1987 served as the President of the Governance Institute since 1986 and served as Acting program director of the the Brookings Institute in 1998.

Federal judicial career

On the recommendation of New York U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moniyhan, Katzman was nominated by President Bill Clinton on March 8, 1999 to a seat vacated by Jon Newman as Newman assumed senior status. Katzman was confirmed by the Senate on July 14, 1999 on a majority voice vote and received commission on July 16, 1999^[1].

External links

• Judge Katzman's Webpage at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
• Judge Katzman's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center

References

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