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Robert Sack
Robert David Sack is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. He joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. At the time of his appointment, Sack was in private practice in New York City. Sack assumed senior status on August 6, 2009.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sack graduated from the University of Rochester with his bachelor's degree in 1960, and earned his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1963.[1]
Professional career
Sack clerked for Judge Arthur Lane of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1963 to 1964. Following his clerkship, Sack was in private practice in New York City from 1964 to 1998. In 1974, Sack served as an associate special counsel and senior associate special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry board during the Watergate scandal.[1]
Judicial career
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Robert D. Sack |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 221 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: November 6, 1997
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: May 14, 1998
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: May 21, 1998
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| Confirmed: June 15, 1998
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Sack was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit by President Bill Clinton on November 6, 1997, to a seat vacated by Roger Miner. The American Bar Association rated Sack Unanimously Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Sack's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 1998, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on May 21, 1998. Sack was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1998, and he received his commission on June 16, 1998. He assumed senior status on August 6, 2009.[1][3] He was succeeded in this position by Denny Chin.
See also
External links
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Officeholder United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit |
- Judge Sack's biography from the Second Circuit's website
- Judge Sack's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 105th Congress," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 800 - Robert D. Sack - The Judiciary," accessed June 8, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Roger Miner |
Second Circuit 1998–2009 Seat #12 |
Succeeded by: Denny Chin
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
