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Richard C. Wesley
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Senior status since August 1, 2016.
Confirmed 96 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- March 5, 2003
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 22, 2003
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 5, 2003
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 96 to 0
- Confirmed
- June 11, 2003
- Commissioned
- June 12, 2003
- Senior status
- Since August 1, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1949, 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, Pittsford, New York, 1974-1976
- Private practice, Geneseo, New York, 1976-1987
- Assistant minority counsel, New York State Assembly, 1979-1982
- State assemblyman, New York, 1983-1987
- Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Seventh Judicial District, 1987-1994
- Associate justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department, 1994-1996
- Associate judge, New York State Court of Appeals, 1997-2003
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