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Robert A. Katzmann

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999

Robert A. Katzmann , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Robert Allen Katzmann (April 22, 1953 – June 9, 2021) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He served as chief judge from September 1, 2013, to August 31, 2020.

Education

  • Columbia CollegeA.B., 1973
  • Harvard UniversityA.M., 1976
  • Harvard UniversityPh.D., 1978
  • Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1980

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Hugh H. Bownes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1980-1981; Fellow, Brookings Institution, 1981-1999; acting program director, 1998; Faculty, Georgetown University, 1984-1999; adjunct professor of law, 1984-1989; adjunct professor of public policy, 1987-1992; Walsh Professor of Government, professor of law and professor of public policy, 1992-1999; President, Governance Institute, 1986-1999; Special assistant to the director, Federal Judicial Center, 1986-1988; Visiting professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. program, 1990-1992; Wayne Morse chair in law and politics, University of Oregon, 1992; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2013-2020; Professor of practice, New York University School of Law, 2021

Biography

Robert Allen Katzmann (April 22, 1953 – June 9, 2021) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He served as chief judge from September 1, 2013, to August 31, 2020.

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