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Denise Cote
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status since December 15, 2011.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- April 26, 1994
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 21, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), August 4, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- August 9, 1994
- Commissioned
- August 10, 1994
- Senior status
- Since December 15, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1946, 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. Jack Weinstein, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1975-1976
- Private practice, New York City, 1976-1977, 1985-1991
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1977-1985, 1991-1994; chief, Criminal Division, 1991-1994
- Special assistant to assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994
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