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The Second Circuit ordinarily has its clerk's office and hears oral arguments at the historic Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan . Due to renovations at that building, beginning in the summer of 2006 the court has relocated to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York, New York across Pearl Street from the Marshall Courthouse. Some of the Court's offices, including the Office of Legal Affairs, have moved to the historic Woolworth Building for the duration of the renovations, which are expected to take several years. With thirteen active and eleven senior judges, the Second Circuit is midsized among the thirteen United States Courts Of Appeals .


CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT

As Of 2007 , the judges on the court are:

  Index 50
  Title Chief Judge
  Name Dennis G Jacobs
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1944
  Term 1992–present
  Chief Term 2006–present
  Senior Term
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Seat 9


  Index 52
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Guido Calabresi
  Duty Station New Haven, CT
  Born 1932
  Term 1994–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 3


  Index 53
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name José A Cabranes
  Duty Station New Haven, CT
  Born 1940
  Term 1994–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 2


  Index 56
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Chester J Straub
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1937
  Term 1998–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 1


  Index 55
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Rosemary S Pooler
  Duty Station Syracuse, NY
  Born 1938
  Term 1998–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 8


  Index 57
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Robert D Sack
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1939
  Term 1998–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 12


  Index 58
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Sonia Sotomayor
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1954
  Term 1998–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 13


  Index 59
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Robert A Katzmann
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1953
  Term 1999–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 11


  Index 60
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1944
  Term 2001–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush
  Seat 4


  Index 61
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Reena Raggi
  Duty Station Brooklyn, NY
  Born 1951
  Term 2002–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush
  Seat 10


  Index 62
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Richard C Wesley
  Duty Station Geneseo, NY
  Born 1949
  Term 2003–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush
  Seat 6


  Index 63
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Peter W Hall
  Duty Station Rutland, VT
  Born 1948
  Term 2004–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush
  Seat 5


  Index 64
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Debra Ann Livingston
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1959
  Term 2007–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 31
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Wilfred Feinberg
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1920
  Term 1966–1991
  Chief Term 1980–1988
  Senior Term 1991–present
  Appointer L Johnson
  Seat 9


  Index 34
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name James Lowell Oakes
  Duty Station Brattleboro, VT
  Born 1924
  Term 1971–1992
  Chief Term 1988–1992
  Senior Term 1992–present
  Appointer Nixon
  Seat 5


  Index 38
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Thomas Joseph Meskill
  Duty Station New Britain, CT
  Born 1928
  Term 1975–1993
  Chief Term 1992–1993
  Senior Term 1993–present
  Appointer Ford
  Seat 3


  Index 39
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Amalya Lyle Kearse
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1937
  Term 1979–2002
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2002–present
  Appointer Carter
  Seat 10


  Index 40
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Jon Ormond Newman
  Duty Station Hartford, CT
  Born 1932
  Term 1979–1997
  Chief Term 1993–1997
  Senior Term 1997–present
  Appointer Carter
  Seat 11


  Index 41
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Richard J Cardamone
  Duty Station Utica, NY
  Born 1925
  Term 1981–1993
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1993–present
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 2


  Index 43
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Ralph K Winter, Jr
  Duty Station New Haven, CT
  Born 1935
  Term 1981–2000
  Chief Term 1997–2000
  Senior Term 2000–present
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 4


  Index 45
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Roger Jeffrey Miner
  Duty Station Albany, NY
  Born 1934
  Term 1985–1997
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1997–present
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 12


  Index 48
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name John M Walker, Jr
  Duty Station New Haven, CT
  Born 1940
  Term 1989–2006
  Chief Term 2000–2006
  Senior Term 2006–present
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Seat 7


  Index 49
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Joseph Michael McLaughlin
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1933
  Term 1990–1998
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1998–present
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Seat 8


  Index 51
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Pierre N Leval
  Duty Station New York, NY
  Born 1936
  Term 1993–2002
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2002–present
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 6



PENDING NOMINATIONS


  • Currently, there are no vacancies on the Second Circuit.



LIST OF FORMER JUDGES


  Index 1
  Name William James Wallace
  State NY
  Borndied 1826–1924
  Term 1891–1907
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Wallace was appointed as a Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit in 1882 by Chester A Arthur The Judiciary Act Of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  Seat 1
  Termination retirement


  Index 2
  Name Emile Henry Lacombe
  State NY
  Borndied 1837–1917
  Term 1891–1916
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Lacombe was appointed as a Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit in 1887 by Grover Cleveland The Judiciary Act Of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  Seat 2
  Termination retirement


  Index 3
  Name Nathaniel Shipman
  State CT
  Borndied 1828–1906
  Term 1892–1902
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer B Harrison
  Seat 3
  Termination retirement


  Index 4
  Name William Kneeland Townsend
  State CT
  Borndied 1849–1907
  Term 1902–1907
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 5
  Name Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr
  State NY
  Borndied 1847–1923
  Term 1902–1917
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Seat 4
  Termination retirement


  Index 6
  Name Henry Galbraith Ward
  State NY
  Borndied 1851–1933
  Term 1907Recess appointment, confirmed by the Senate at a later date–1921
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1921–1924
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Seat 1
  Termination retirement


  Index 7
  Name Walter Chadwick Noyes
  State CT
  Borndied 1865–1926
  Term 1907–1913
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Seat 3
  Termination resignation


  Index
  Name Martin Augustine Knapp
  State
  Borndied 1843–1923
  Term 1910–1916
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Knapp did not have a permanent seat on this court Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated United States Commerce Court in 1910 by William Howard Taft Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the Chief Justice Of The United States to whichever circuit most needed help Knapp was assigned to the Second Circuit upon his commission
  Termination reassignment to 4th Circuit


  Index 8
  Name Henry Wade Rogers
  State CT
  Borndied 1853–1926
  Term 1913–1926
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Wilson
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 9
  Name Charles Merrill Hough
  State NY
  Borndied 1858–1927
  Term 1916–1927
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Wilson
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 10
  Name Martin Thomas Manton
  State NY
  Borndied 1880–1946
  Term 1918–1939
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Wilson
  Seat 4
  Termination resignation


  Index 11
  Name Julius Marshuetz Mayer
  State NY
  Borndied 1865–1925
  Term 1921–1924
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Harding
  Seat 1
  Termination resignation


  Index 12
  Name Learned Hand
  State NY
  Borndied 1872–1961
  Term 1924–1951
  Chief Term 1948–1951
  Senior Term 1951–1961
  Appointer Coolidge
  Seat 1
  Termination death


  Index 13
  Name Thomas Walter Swan
  State CT
  Borndied 1877–1975
  Term 1926–1953
  Chief Term 1951–1953
  Senior Term 1953–1975
  Appointer Coolidge
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 14
  Name Augustus Noble Hand
  State NY
  Borndied 1869–1954
  Term 1927–1953
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1953–1954
  Appointer Coolidge
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 15
  Name Harrie Brigham Chase
  State VT
  Borndied 1889–1969
  Term 1929–1953
  Chief Term 1953–1954
  Senior Term 1954–1969
  Appointer Coolidge
  Seat 5
  Termination death


  Index
  Name Julian William Mack
  State IL
  Borndied 1866–1943
  Term 1930–1940
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1940–1943
  Appointer Mack did not have a permanent seat on this court Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated United States Commerce Court in 1911 by William Howard Taft Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the Chief Justice Of The United States to whichever circuit most needed help Mack was assigned to the Sixth Circuit immediately prior to his assignment to the Second Circuit
  Termination death


  Index 16
  Name Charles Edward Clark
  State CT
  Borndied 1889–1963
  Term 1939–1963
  Chief Term 1954–1959
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Seat 6
  Termination death


  Index 17
  Name Robert Porter Patterson, Sr
  State NY
  Borndied 1891–1952
  Term 1939–1940
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Seat 4
  Termination resignation


  Index 18
  Name Jerome New Frank
  State
  Borndied 1889–1957
  Term 1941–1957
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Seat 4
  Termination death


  Index 19
  Name Harold Raymond Medina
  State NY
  Borndied 1888–1990
  Term 1951–1958
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1958–1980
  Appointer Truman
  Seat 1
  Termination retirement


  Index 20
  Name Carroll Clark Hincks
  State CT
  Borndied 1889–1964
  Term 1953–1959
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1959–1964
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 21
  Name John Marshall Harlan II
  State NY
  Borndied 1899–1971
  Term 1954–1955
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 2
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 22
  Name Joseph Edward Lumbard
  State NY
  Borndied 1901–1999
  Term 1955–1971
  Chief Term 1959–1971
  Senior Term 1971–1999
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 2
  Termination death


  Index 23
  Name Sterry Robinson Waterman
  State VT
  Borndied 1901–1984
  Term 1955–1970
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1970–1984
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 5
  Termination death


  Index 24
  Name Leonard Page Moore
  State NY
  Borndied 1898–1982
  Term 1957–1971
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1971–1982
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 4
  Termination death


  Index 25
  Name Henry Friendly
  State NY
  Borndied 1903–1986
  Term 1959–1974
  Chief Term 1971–1973
  Senior Term 1974–1986
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 1
  Termination death


  Index 26
  Name John Joseph Smith
  State CT
  Borndied 1904–1980
  Term 1960–1971
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1971–1980
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Seat 3
  Termination death


  Index 27
  Name Irving Kaufman
  State NY
  Borndied 1910–1992
  Term 1961–1987
  Chief Term 1973–1980
  Senior Term 1987–1992
  Appointer Kennedy
  Seat 7
  Termination death


  Index 28
  Name Paul Raymond Hays
  State NY
  Borndied 1903–1980
  Term 1962–1974
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1974–1980
  Appointer Kennedy
  Seat 8
  Termination death


  Index 29
  Name Thurgood Marshall
  State
  Borndied 1908–1993
  Term 1962–1965
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Kennedy
  Seat 9
  Termination resignation to become United States Solicitor General


  Index 30
  Name Robert Palmer Anderson
  State CT
  Borndied 1906–1978
  Term 1964–1971
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1971–1978
  Appointer L Johnson
  Seat 6
  Termination death


  Index 32
  Name Walter Roe Mansfield
  State NY
  Borndied 1911–1987
  Term 1971–1981
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1981–1987
  Appointer Nixon
  Seat 4
  Termination death


  Index 33
  Name William Hughes Mulligan
  State NY
  Borndied 1918–1996
  Term 1971–1981
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Seat 2
  Termination resignation


  Index 35
  Name William Homer Timbers
  State CT
  Borndied 1915–1994
  Term 1971–1981
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1981–1994
  Appointer Nixon
  Seat 6
  Termination death


  Index 36
  Name Murray Irwin Gurfein
  State NY
  Borndied 1907–1979
  Term 1974–1979
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Seat 8
  Termination death


  Index 37
  Name Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland
  State NY
  Borndied 1915–2004
  Term 1974–1985
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1985–2004
  Appointer Ford
  Seat 1
  Termination death


  Index 42
  Name Lawrence Warren Pierce
  State NY
  Borndied 1924–present
  Term 1981–1990
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1990–1995
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 8
  Termination retirement


  Index 44
  Name George Cheney Pratt
  State NY
  Borndied 1928–present
  Term 1982–1993
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1993–1995
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 6
  Termination retirement


  Index 46
  Name Frank X Altimari
  State NY
  Borndied 1928–1996
  Term 1985–1996
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1996–1998
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 1
  Termination death


  Index 47
  Name John Daniel Mahoney
  State NY
  Borndied 1931–1996
  Term 1986–1996
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Reagan
  Seat 13
  Termination death


  Index 54
  Name Fred I Parker
  State VT
  Borndied 1938–2003
  Term 1994–2003
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Clinton
  Seat 5
  Termination death



CHIEF JUDGES

  Name L Hand
  Term 1948–1951


  Name Swan
  Term 1951–1953


  Name Chase
  Term 1953–1954


  Name Clark
  Term 1954–1959


  Name Lumbard
  Term 1959–1971


  Name Friendly
  Term 1971–1973


  Name Kaufman
  Term 1973–1980


  Name Feinberg
  Term 1980–1988


  Name Oakes
  Term 1988–1992


  Name Meskill
  Term 1992–1993


  Name Newman
  Term 1993–1997


  Name Winter
  Term 1997–2000


  Name Walker
  Term 2000–2006


  Name '''Jacobs'''
  Term 2006–present



  { Align center cellspacing=5
  Text Established on December 6 , 1869 by the Judiciary Act Of 1869 as a Circuit Judgeship for the Second Circuit


  Text Reassigned on June 16 , 1891 to the newly formed US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by the Judiciary Act Of 1891


  Name Wallace
  State NY
  Term 1891–1907


  Name Ward
  State NY
  Term 1907–1921


  Name Mayer
  State NY
  Term 1921–1924


  Name L Hand
  State NY
  Term 1924–1951


  Name Medina
  State NY
  Term 1951–1958


  Name Friendly
  State NY
  Term 1959–1974


  Name Van Graafeiland
  State NY
  Term 1974–1985


  Name Altimari
  State NY
  Term 1985–1996


  Name '''Pooler'''
  State NY
  Term 1998–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 2


  Text Established on March 3 , 1887 by 24&nbspStat&nbsp492 as a Circuit Judgeship for the Second Circuit


  Text Reassigned on June 16 , 1891 to the newly formed US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by the Judiciary Act Of 1891


  Name Lacombe
  State NY
  Term 1891–1916


  Name Hough
  State NY
  Term 1916–1927


  Name A Hand
  State NY
  Term 1927–1953


  Name Harlan
  State NY
  Term 1954–1955


  Name Lumbard
  State NY
  Term 1955–1971


  Name Mulligan
  State NY
  Term 1971–1981


  Name Cardamone
  State NY
  Term 1981–1993


  Name '''Cabranes'''
  State CT
  Term 1994–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 3


  Text Established on June 16 , 1891 by the Judiciary Act Of 1891


  Name Shipman
  State CT
  Term 1892–1902


  Name Townsend
  State CT
  Term 1902–1907


  Name Noyes
  State CT
  Term 1907–1913


  Name Rogers
  State CT
  Term 1913–1926


  Name Swan
  State CT
  Term 1926–1953


  Name Hincks
  State CT
  Term 1953–1959


  Name Smith
  State CT
  Term 1960–1971


  Name Meskill
  State CT
  Term 1975–1993


  Name '''Calabresi'''
  State CT
  Term 1994–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 4


  Text Established on April 17 , 1902 by 32&nbspStat&nbsp106


  Name Coxe
  State NY
  Term 1902–1917


  Name Manton
  State NY
  Term 1918–1939


  Name Patterson
  State NY
  Term 1939–1940


  Name Frank
  State
  Term 1941–1957


  Name Moore
  State NY
  Term 1957–1971


  Name Mansfield
  State NY
  Term 1971–1981


  Name Winter
  State
  Term 1981–2000


  Name '''B Parker'''
  State NY
  Term 2001–present




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  Text Established on January 17 , 1929 by 45&nbspStat&nbsp1081


  Name Chase
  State VT
  Term 1929–1953


  Name Waterman
  State VT
  Term 1955–1970


  Name Oakes
  State VT
  Term 1971–1992


  Name F Parker
  State VT
  Term 1994–2003


  Name '''Hall'''
  State VT
  Term 2004–


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 6


  Text Established on May 31 , 1938 by 52&nbspStat&nbsp584


  Name Clark
  State CT
  Term 1939–1963


  Name Anderson
  State CT
  Term 1964–1971


  Name Timbers
  State CT
  Term 1971–1981


  Name Pratt
  State NY
  Term 1982–1993


  Name Leval
  State NY
  Term 1993–2002


  Name '''Wesley'''
  State NY
  Term 2003–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 7


  Text Established on May 19 , 1961 by 75&nbspStat&nbsp80


  Name Kaufman
  State NY
  Term 1961–1987


  Name Walker
  State NY
  Term 1989–2006


  Name '''Livingston'''
  State ''(n/a)''
  Term 2007–present




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  Text Established on May 19 , 1961 by 75&nbspStat&nbsp80


  Name Hays
  State NY
  Term 1962–1974


  Name Gurfein
  State NY
  Term 1974–1979


  Name Pierce
  State NY
  Term 1981–1990


  Name McLaughlin
  State NY
  Term 1990–1998


  Name '''Straub'''
  State NY
  Term 1998–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 9


  Text Established on May 19 , 1961 by 75&nbspStat&nbsp80


  Name Marshall
  State
  Term 1962–1965


  Name Feinberg
  State NY
  Term 1966–1991


  Name '''Jacobs'''
  State NY
  Term 1992–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 10


  Text Established on October 20 , 1978 by 92&nbspStat&nbsp1629


  Name Kearse
  State NY
  Term 1979–2002


  Name '''Raggi'''
  State NY
  Term 2002–present




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  Text Established on October 20 , 1978 by 92&nbspStat&nbsp1629


  Name Newman
  State CT
  Term 1979–1997


  Name '''Katzmann'''
  State DC
  Term 1999–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 12


  Text Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333


  Name Miner
  State NY
  Term 1985–1997


  Name '''Sack'''
  State NY
  Term 1998–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 13


  Text Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333


  Name Mahoney
  State NY
  Term 1986–1996


  Name '''Sotomayor'''
  State NY
  Term 1998–present








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