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Alvin K. Hellerstein

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status since January 30, 2011.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
May 15, 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 January 30, 2011
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1933, 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. Edmund Palmieri, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1956-1957
  • U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1957-1960
  • Private practice, New York City, 1960-1998

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