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Richard Joseph Sullivan
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 79 to 16Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 7, 2018
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 1, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 17, 2018
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 79 to 16
- Confirmed
- October 11, 2018
- Commissioned
- October 17, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1964, 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 George W. Bush; commissioned ; Senate vote 99 to 0. Service ended October 25, 2018: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. David M. Ebel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1990-1991
- Private practice, New York, 1991-1994
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1994-2005
- Deputy general counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., New York City, 2005-2007
- General counsel, Marsh, Inc., New York City, 2006-2007
- Adjunct professor of law, Fordham University School of Law, 2008-2015
- Adjunct professor of law, Columbia Law School, 2012-
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