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Lewis Jeffrey Liman
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 64 to 29Confirmed 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, 64 to 29
- Confirmed
- December 19, 2019
- Commissioned
- December 31, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1960, 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
- Lawyer, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City, 1987
- Law clerk, Hon. Pierre N. Leval, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1987-1988
- Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States, 1989-1990
- Private practice, New York City, 1990-1994, 1999-2019
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1994-1999
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