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Eunice Cheryl Lee

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Active service.

Confirmed 50 to 47Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden
Nominated
May 12, 2021
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
June 9, 2021
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 15, 2021
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 50 to 47
Confirmed
August 7, 2021
Commissioned
August 16, 2021
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1970, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Law clerk, Hon. Susan J. Dlott, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1996-1997
  • Law clerk, Hon. Eric L. Clay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997-1998
  • Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City, 1998-2019; staff attorney, 1998-2000; supervising attorney, 2001-2019; director of recrcuitment, 2003-2019
  • Adjunct assistant professor of clinical law, Criminal Appellate Defender Clinic, New York University School of Law, 2003-2019
  • Assistant federal defender, Federal Defenders of New York, New York City, 2019-2021

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