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Rachel Peter Kovner
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 88 to 3Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 21, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 20, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 88 to 3
- Confirmed
- October 16, 2019
- Commissioned
- October 17, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1979, 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. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2006-2007
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 2007-2008
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009-2013
- Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2013-2019
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