Jed Rakoff's Biography
- Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court - Southern
Contact Information
Office
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street, Courtroom 14B
New York, NY 10007-1312
Full Name:
Jed Saul Rakoff
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
1943
Birth Place:
Philadelphia, PA
JD, Harvard Law School, 1969
MPhil, Balliol College, Oxford University, 1966
BA, Swarthmore College, 1964
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Senior Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2010-present
Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1996-2010
Attorney, Private Practice, New York City, 1970-1972, 1980-1995
Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, October 11, 1995
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, December 29, 1995
Chief, Business and Securities Fraud Prosecutions, Southern District of New York, 1978-1980
Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1973-1980
Law Clerk, Honorable Abraham Freedman, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1969-1970
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