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Lewis A. Kaplan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status since February 1, 2011.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- May 5, 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 February 1, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1944, 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. Edward McEntee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1969-1970
- Private practice, New York City, 1970-1994
- Special master, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1982-1983
- Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2012-2019
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