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Jon Ormond Newman
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Senior status since July 1, 1997.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- April 30, 1979
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 7, 1979
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 14, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 19, 1979
- Commissioned
- June 21, 1979
- Senior status
- Since July 1, 1997
- American Bar Association rating
- Not published yet
Born 1932, 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 District of Connecticut. Appointed by Richard M. Nixon; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended June 25, 1979: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army Reserve, 1954-1962
- Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1956-1957
- Senior law clerk, Hon. Earl Warren, Supreme Court of the United States, 1957-1958
- Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958-1960, 1969-1971
- Special counsel, Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, Connecticut, 1960
- Executive assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961-1962
- Administrative assistant, U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, 1963-1964
- U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, 1964-1969
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1993-1997
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