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Richard M. Berman
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status since September 11, 2011.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- May 21, 1998
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 30, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 17, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 21, 1998
- Commissioned
- October 22, 1998
- Senior status
- Since September 11, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1943, 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
- Private practice, New York, 1970-1974
- Executive assistant, U.S. Sen. Jacob Javits of New York, 1974-1977
- Executive director, New York State Alliance to Save Energy, Inc., 1977-1978
- General counsel and executive vice president, Warner Cable Corporation, 1978-1986
- Private practice, New York City, 1986-1995
- Judge, Queens County [New York] Family Court, 1995-1998
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