Jed Saul Rakoff
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status. Born 1943.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Oct 11, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Dec 29, 1995
- Commissioned
- Jan 4, 1996
- Senior status
- Dec 31, 2010
Education
- B.A., Swarthmore College, 1964
- M.Phil., University of Oxford, Balliol College, 1966
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 1969
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Abraham Freedman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1969-1970
- Private practice, New York City, 1970-1972, 1980-1995
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1973-1980
- chief, business and securities fraud prosecutions, 1978-1980
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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