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Valerie Elaine Caproni
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status since January 7, 2025.
Confirmed 73 to 24Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 23, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 13, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 73 to 24
- Confirmed
- September 9, 2013
- Commissioned
- December 2, 2013
- Senior status
- Since January 7, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1955, 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. Phyllis Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1979-1980
- Private practice, New York City, 1980-1985, 2001-2003
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1985-1989, 1992-1998; chief, Special Prosecutions Unit, 1993; chief, Organized Crime and Racketeering Unit, 1993-1994; chief, Criminal Division, 1994-1998
- General counsel and senior vice president, New York State Urban Development Corporation, 1989-1992
- Regional director, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Los Angeles, California, 1998-2001
- General counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2003-2011
- Vice president and deputy general counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation, 2011-2013
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