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Rosemary Pooler

Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

Tenure

Present officeholder

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

Years in office: 1998 - 2022

Predecessor:Frank Altimari

Successor:Alison J. Nathan (Nonpartisan)

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United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

Years in office: 1994 - 1998

Successor:Norman Mordue (Nonpartisan)

Education

Bachelor's

Brooklyn College, 1959

Law

University of Michigan Law School, 1965

Graduate

University of Connecticut, 1986

Personal

Birthplace

New York, NY

Rosemary S. Pooler is afederal judge onsenior status for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. She joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton (D). She assumed senior status on March 23, 2020. Prior to her appointment, Pooler served on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of New York, which she joined in 1994 after an appointment from President Clinton. At the time of her appointment to that court, she served as a judge on theNew York Supreme Court.^[1]

Alison Nathan was nominated by PresidentJoe Biden (D) to replace Pooler on the 2nd Circuit.

Biography

Early life and education

Born inNew York, New York, Pooler graduated from Brooklyn College with her bachelor's degree in 1959, and earned her M.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1961. Pooler received herJ.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1965. Pooler graduated from Harvard University's program for senior managers in government in 1978, and earned a certificate in regulatory economics from the State University of New York at Albany in 1986.^[1]

Professional career

Pooler began her legal career in the private sector inSyracuse, New York, from 1966 to 1972. Pooler was assistant corporate counsel and director of the consumer affairs unit for the city of Syracuse, New York, from 1972 to 1973, before serving as district representative to the Syracuse Commons Council from 1974 to 1975. Pooler served as chair and executive director for the New York State Consumer Protection Board from 1975 to 1980, before serving as commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission from 1980 to 1986. In 1987, Pooler was staff director for the Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions of theNew York State Assembly. Pooler was also a visiting professor of law at Syracuse University from 1987 to 1988. From 1989 to 1990, Pooler was the vice president of the Atlantic States Legal Foundation before being appointed to serve as justice of theNew York Supreme Court for theFifth Judicial District from 1990 to 1994.^[1]

Judicial career

2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Rosemary S. Pooler
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 208 days after nomination.
ANominated: November 6, 1997
AABA Rating:Unanimously Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: May 14, 1998
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: May 21, 1998
AConfirmed: June 2, 1998
AVote: Voice vote

Pooler was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit by PresidentBill Clinton (D) on November 6, 1997, to a seat vacated byFrank Altimari. TheAmerican Bar Association rated PoolerUnanimously Qualified for the nomination.^[2] Hearings on Pooler's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 1998, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on May 21, 1998. Pooler was confirmed by a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on June 2, 1998, and she received her commission on June 3, 1998.^[1][3] Pooler served on the 2nd Circuit until she assumedsenior status on March 23, 2022. She was succeeded byAlison J. Nathan.^[1]

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Pooler was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of New York by PresidentBill Clinton (D) on April 26, 1994, to a seat vacated byHoward Munson. TheAmerican Bar Association rated PoolerSubstantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified for the nomination.^[4] Hearings on Pooler's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 21, 1994, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen.Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on August 4, 1994. She was confirmed by a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on August 9, 1994, and she received her commission on August 10, 1994. She resigned from the court on June 9, 1998, upon her elevation to the2nd Circuit. She was succeeded in this position by JudgeNorman Mordue.^[1][5]

Noteworthy cases

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

External links

Suggest a link

• United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Debra Livingston  •  Joseph Bianco  •  Richard Sullivan (New York)  •  Maria Araujo Kahn  •  Raymond Lohier  •  Alison J. Nathan  •  Beth Robinson  •  Sarah A.L. Merriam  •  Michael Park  •  Steven Menashi  •  William Nardini  •  Eunice Lee  •  Myrna Pérez
Senior judges	Denny Chin  •  Gerard Lynch  •  Pierre Leval  •  Dennis Jacobs  •  Jon Newman  •  Amalya Kearse  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Chester Straub  •  Guido Calabresi  •  Jose Cabranes  •  Robert Sack  •  Barrington Parker  •  Reena Raggi  •  Richard Wesley  •  Susan L. Carney (Second Circuit)  •
Former judges	Christopher Droney  •  Julian William Mack  •  Frank Altimari  •  Samuel Blatchford  •  Alexander Smith Johnson  •  Nathaniel Shipman  •  William James Wallace  •  Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff  •  Sonia Sotomayor  •  Wilfred Feinberg  •  Ralph Winter  •  Roger Miner  •  Rosemary Pooler  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Peter Hall (Federal judge)  •  John Mahoney (Second Circuit)  •  George Pratt  •  Richard Cardamone  •  Lawrence Pierce  •  Thomas Meskill  •  William Mulligan  •  James Oakes  •  William Timbers  •  Fred Parker  •  Alfred Conkling Coxe  •  Emile Henry Lacombe  •  William Kneeland Townsend  •  Charles Merrill Hough  •  Walter Chadwick Noyes  •  Henry Galbraith Ward  •  John Harlan II  •  Learned Hand  •  Martin Augustine Knapp  •  Julius Marshuetz Mayer  •  Augustus Noble Hand  •  Martin Thomas Manton  •  Henry Wade Rogers  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Carroll Hincks  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  John Joseph Smith (United States District Court for the District of Connecticut judge)  •  Robert Palmer Anderson  •  Robert Porter Patterson, Sr.  •  Murray Gurfein  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Walter Mansfield  •  Harold Medina  •  Thurgood Marshall  •  Jerome Frank  •  Henry Friendly  •  Paul Hays  •  Joseph Lumbard  •  Leonard Moore  •  Ellsworth Van Graafeiland  •  Sterry Waterman  •
Former Chief judges	Wilfred Feinberg  •  Jon Newman  •  Ralph Winter  •  John Walker (New York)  •  Robert Katzmann  •  Thomas Meskill  •  James Oakes  •  Learned Hand  •  Harrie Brigham Chase  •  Thomas Walter Swan  •  Charles Edward Clark  •  Irving Kaufman  •  Henry Friendly  •  Joseph Lumbard  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Active judges	Chief Judge: Brenda K. Sannes  •  Mae A. D'Agostino  •  Anthony Brindisi  •  Anne Nardacci  •  Elizabeth Coombe
Senior judges	Thomas McAvoy  •  Frederick Scullin  •  Lawrence Kahn  •  David Hurd  •  Glenn Suddaby  •
Magistrate judges	Christian F. Hummel  •  Therese Wiley Dancks  •  Gary L. Favro  •  Daniel Stewart (New York)  •  Miroslav Lovric  •
Former Article III judges	Norman Mordue  •  Neal McCurn  •  Gary Sharpe (New York)  •  Matthias Burnett Tallmadge  •  Roger Skinner  •  Alfred Conkling  •  Nathan Kelsey Hall  •  William James Wallace  •  Roger Miner  •  Rosemary Pooler  •  Alfred Conkling Coxe  •  George Washington Ray  •  Frank Cooper  •  Frederick Howard Bryant (Federal judge)  •  Stephen Brennan  •  Constantine Cholakis  •  James Foley  •  Edward Kampf  •  Howard Munson  •  Edmund Port  •
Former Chief judges	Norman Mordue  •  Neal McCurn  •  Thomas McAvoy  •  Frederick Scullin  •  Stephen Brennan  •  James Foley  •  Howard Munson  •  Glenn Suddaby  •

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