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Alex Kozinski

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985

Alex Kozinski , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Senate voted 54–43 on the nomination on Nov 7, 1985 (). Alex Kozinski (; born July 23, 1950) is a Romanian-American jurist and lawyer who was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1985 to 2017. He was a prominent and influential judge, and many of his law clerks went on to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court justices.

Senate votes: 1

Senate confirmation votes

Circuit judge for the ninth circuit
99th Congress · 54–43 · Nov 7, 1985

Education

University of California, Los AngelesA.B., 1972
University of California, Los Angeles, School of LawJ.D., 1975

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1975-1976; Law clerk, Hon. Warren Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977; Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1977-1979; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1979-1981; Deputy legal counsel, President-Elect Ronald Reagan, 1980-1981; Assistant counsel, Office of Counsel to the President, 1981; Special counsel, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 1981-1982; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2007-2014

Biography

Alex Kozinski (; born July 23, 1950) is a Romanian-American jurist and lawyer who was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1985 to 2017. He was a prominent and influential judge, and many of his law clerks went on to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court justices.

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