Paul Peter Rao (1899-1988) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of International Trade and theUnited States Customs Court.

Federal judicial service

Rao was nominated to the USCC by PresidentHarry Truman. He received his commission onJune 22, 1948. He served aschief judge from 1965-1971. He was reassigned to the new Court of International Trade when the USCC was dissolved, receiving his commission onNovember 1, 1980. He served the Court of International Trade until his death onNovember 30, 1988^[1][2]

Education

• Fordham University School of Law, LL.B., 1923

Professional career

• U.S. Navy, 1917-1919
• Assistant district attorney, New York County, 1925-1927
• Private practice, 1927-1941
• Candidate, Justice of the Supreme Court, New York, 1941
• Assistant U.S. attorney general in charge of customs, 1941-1948

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States Court of International Trade
Active judges	Chief Judge: Mark A. Barnett  •  Gary Katzmann  •  Miller Baker  •  Claire R. Kelly  •  Jennifer Choe Groves  •  Timothy Reif  •  Joseph Laroski  •  Lisa Wang
Senior judges	Jane Restani  •  Judith Barzilay  •  Richard Eaton (Federal judge)  •  Leo Gordon  •  Delissa Ridgway  •  Timothy Stanceu  •  Thomas Aquilino  •  Richard Goldberg (Federal judge)  •
Former Article III judges	Gregory Carman (United States Court of International Trade)  •  Donald Pogue  •  Evan Wallach  •  R. Kenton Musgrave  •  Nicholas Tsoucalas  •  Dominick DiCarlo  •  Nils Boe  •  Morgan Ford  •  Frederick Landis  •  Herbert Maletz  •  Bernard Newman  •  Paul Rao  •  Edward Re  •  Scovel Richardson  •  Samuel Rosenstein  •  James Watson  •  Stephen Vaden  •
Former Chief judges	Jane Restani  •  Gregory Carman (United States Court of International Trade)  •  Timothy Stanceu  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States Customs Court

Former judges

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v • e Federal judges nominated byHarry Truman
1945	Burton •Clark •Donovan •Gilliam •Gourley •Holtzoff •Koscinski •Madden •Mathes •Mellott •S. Miller •W. Miller •Mollison •O'Connell •Orr •Prettyman •Rice
1946	Curran •Driver •Follmer •Harris •Kalodner •Kampf •Keech •Levin •Lynne •McGranery •Murphy •Rodney •Scarlett •Shelbourne •Speakman •Starr •Vinson •Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. •Christenberry •Clifford •Collet •Dooley •Harper •Howell •Johnson •Jones •Lemmon •Medina •Rayfiel •Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper •Henderson •Johnson •Kaufman •Proctor •Rao •Stephens •Tamm
1949	Allred •Andrews •Bazelon •Borah •Burns •Carter •Clark •Clary •Conger •Connally •Duffy •Erskine •Fahy •Finnegan •Foley •Ford •Gibson •Grim •Hastie •Hatch •Hill •Hooper •Kaufman •Kirkland •Lindley •Matthews •McCarthy •McGohey •McLaughlin •Minton •Murray •Noonan •Pickett •Platt •Pope •Ritter •Russell •Solomon •Sugarman •Swaim •Switzer •Taylor •Tehan •Thornton •Warlick •Washington •Westover •Wright
1950	Bastian •Byrne, Sr. •Carter •Knous •Marsh •Murphy •Simpson •Staley •Steckler •Strum •Wallace •Weinfeld •Whitehurst •Worley
1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
1952	Cole •Friedman •Williams •