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Ralph K. Winter Jr.
Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Ralph K. Winter Jr. served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Appointed by Ronald Reagan and confirmed Dec 9, 1981. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed
- Dec 9, 1981
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1935
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitRonald Reagan · Dec 9, 1981 – Dec 8, 2020
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1957
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1960
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Caleb M. Wright, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1960-1961; Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1961-1962; Faculty, Yale Law School, 1962-1982; research associate and lecturer, 1962-1964; assistant/associate professor, 1964-1968; professor of law, 1968-1982; Consultant, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1968-1972; Senior fellow, Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C., 1968-1970; Guggenheim Fellow, Washington, D.C., 1971-1972; Adjutant scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., 1972-1981; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1997-2000
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