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Gary Katzmann
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 15, 2016
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byJane A. Restani
Personal details
BornGary Stephen Katzmann
(1953-04-22) April 22, 1953 (age 71)
New York City, U.S.
RelativesRobert Katzmann (twin)
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of Oxford (MLitt)
Yale University (MPPM, JD)

Gary Stephen Katzmann (born April 22, 1953) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States judge of the United States Court of International Trade since 2016. He previously served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court from 2004 to 2016.

Biography

Katzmann received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1973 from Columbia College at Columbia University. He received a Master of Letters in 1976 from the University of Oxford. He received a master's in public and private management in 1979 from the Yale School of Organization and Management. He received a Juris Doctor in 1979 from Yale Law School. He began his legal career by serving as a law clerk to Judge Leonard B. Sand of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1979 to 1980 and to Judge Stephen Breyer of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1980 to 1981. From 1981 to 1983, he worked at Harvard Law School's Center for Criminal Justice as a research associate and special investigator. From 1983 to 2004, he served in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, including as chief appellate attorney, deputy chief of the criminal division, and chief legal counsel to the United States attorney. While at the United States Attorney's Office, he was detailed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1994 to 1995 and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General from 1993 to 1994. From 2004 to 2016, he served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court adjudicating civil and criminal matters. His twin brother, Robert Katzmann, served as chief judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Trade Court service

On July 30, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Katzmann to serve as a United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Judge Jane A. Restani, who took senior status on March 1, 2015. He received a hearing on his nomination on January 27, 2016. On April 7, 2016, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On June 6, 2016, the U.S. Senate confirmed Katzmann's nomination in a voice vote. He received his commission on September 15, 2016.

References

  1. "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States Court of International Trade". whitehouse.gov. July 30, 2015 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ Gary Katzmann at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. "Q&A with Judge Robert Katzmann". Q&A. 22:41 minutes in. C-SPAN. (transcript). Retrieved 12 Nov 2018. That man is my identical twin brother, Gary.
  4. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. July 30, 2015 – via National Archives.
  5. "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  6. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 7, 2016, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).

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Legal offices
Preceded byJane A. Restani Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
2016–present 		Incumbent
Active district judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
International Trade
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