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Reena Raggi | |
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| Senior Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
| Assumed office August 31, 2018 | |
| Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
| In office October 4, 2002 – August 31, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Amalya Kearse |
| Succeeded by | Joseph F. Bianco |
| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| In office May 7, 1987 – October 4, 2002 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Frank Altimari |
| Succeeded by | Dora Irizarry |
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| Born | Reena Andrea Raggi (1951-05-11)May 11, 1951 (age 73) Jersey City,New Jersey, U.S. |
| Spouse | David Denton (m. 1983) |
| Education | Wellesley College (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Reena Andrea Raggi (born May 11, 1951) is aseniorUnited States circuit judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and maintains her chambers inBrooklyn,New York. She was formerly a United States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Raggi earned herBachelor of Arts degree fromWellesley College in 1973, where she was elected toPhi Beta Kappa. She later earned herJuris Doctor fromHarvard Law School, where she served as a member of theBoard of Student Advisers, graduatingcum laude in 1976.[1] Following her graduation from law school in 1976, she served for a year as alaw clerk for JudgeThomas E. Fairchild of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
She was admitted to the bar inNew York, and joined theManhattan law firm ofCahill Gordon & Reindel until her appointment as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York in 1979, serving in that capacity until her appointment in 1986 asInterim U.S. Attorney. Later that year, she returned to private law practice at the New York City law firm ofWindels, Marx, Davies, and Ives.[citation needed]
PresidentRonald Reagan nominated Raggi to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on January 20, 1987, to a seat vacated by JudgeFrank Altimari, who was elevated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on December 11, 1985. She was confirmed on May 7, 1987. She received her commission on the same day.[2] She was the first woman to serve on the 14-member bench in the Eastern District of New York and, at 35 years old, one of the youngest federal judges in the United States. Raggi presided over theGolden Venture trial, in which a ship carrying around 300 would-be immigrants from China crash-landed on a sandbar offQueens, New York, in June 1993. Her service as a district court judge was terminated on October 7, 2002, when she was elevated to the court of appeals.[2]
PresidentGeorge W. Bush nominated Raggi for the Second Circuit on May 1, 2002, to replace JudgeAmalya Kearse, who assumedsenior status on June 11, 2002. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 20, 2002, by a 85–0 vote.[3] She received her commission on October 4, 2002. She assumedsenior status on August 31, 2018.[2]
Raggi is known for her aggressive questioning of lawyers from the bench.[4]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 1987–2002 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 2002–2018 | Succeeded by |
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