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Richard K. Eaton
Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade. Senior status since August 22, 2014.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- August 3, 1999
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 14, 1999
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 7, 1999
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 22, 1999
- Commissioned
- October 26, 1999
- Senior status
- Since August 22, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1948, 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.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Cooperstown, New York, 1974-1975
- Private practice, Walton, New York, 1975-1977
- Regional director, then legislative director, then chief of staff, U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, 1977-1983
- Private practice, New York City, 1983-1991
- Chief of staff, U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, 1991-1993
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1993-2000
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