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Jeffrey Alker Meyer
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Jeffrey Alker Meyer served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Feb 24, 2014 by a 91–2 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- Feb 24, 2014
- Senate vote
- 91–2
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1963
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of ConnecticutBarack Obama · Feb 24, 2014 – Jan 12, 2025
Education
- Yale CollegeB.A., 1985
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1989
Career
Law clerk, Hon. James L. Oakes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1989-1990; Law clerk, Hon. Donald Ross, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1990; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1990-1991; Law clerk, Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992; Staff attorney, Vermont Legal Aid, Waterbury, Vermont, 1992-1993; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1993-1995; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Connecticut, 1995-2004; appeals chief, 2000-2004; Yale Law School, 1998-2004, 2010-2014; clinical visiting lecturer in law, 1998-2004; visiting professor of law, 2010-2014; Senior counsel, Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq, 2004-2005; Quinnipiac University School of Law, 2006-2014; associate professor, 2006-2010; professor of law, 2010-2014
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