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Rachel Peter Kovner

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · 2019

Rachel Peter Kovner, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Senate voted 88–3 on the nomination on Oct 16, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York
    116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    88–3 · Oct 16, 2019

Education

  • Harvard UniversityA.B., 2001
  • Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 2006
  • Temple Bar Scholar, American Inns of Court2008

Career

Law clerk, Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2006-2007; Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 2007-2008; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 2009-2013; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2013-2019

Biography

Rachel Peter Kovner (born September 29, 1979) is an American lawyer from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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