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Pierre Nelson Leval
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Senior status since August 16, 2002.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- August 6, 1993
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 7, 1993
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 14, 1993
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 18, 1993
- Commissioned
- October 20, 1993
- Senior status
- Since August 16, 2002
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1936, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Appointed by Jimmy Carter; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended November 8, 1993: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army, 1959
- Law clerk, Hon. Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1963-1964
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1964-1968; chief appellate attorney, 1967-1968
- Private practice, New York City, 1969-1975
- Assistant district attorney, New York County, New York, 1975-1977; first assistant, 1975-1976; chief assistant, 1976-1977
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2002-2006
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