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James Paul Oetken
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 80 to 13Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 26, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 16, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 7, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 80 to 13
- Confirmed
- July 18, 2011
- Commissioned
- July 20, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1965, 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. Richard D. Cudahy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1991-1992
- Law clerk, Hon. Louis F. Oberdorfer, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1992-1993
- Law clerk, Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1997
- Attorney, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-1999
- Associate counsel, President William J. Clinton, 1999-2001
- Private practice, New York City, 2001-2004
- Associate general counsel, Cablevision Systems Corporation, 2004-2011; vice president, 2004-2007; senior vice president, 2007-2011
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