Robert David Sack | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
Assumed office August 6, 2009 | |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
In office June 16,1998 –August 6,2009 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Roger Miner |
Succeeded by | Denny Chin |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert David Sack October 4,1939 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
Education | University of Rochester (BA) Columbia University (LLB) |
Robert David Sack (born October 4,1939) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [1]
Born in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,Sack was raised in Brooklyn,New York. His father was Eugene Sack,who served as rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim for 35 years. [2] [3] In 1989 he married his second wife,the lawyer Anne K. Hilker;he had been divorced from his first wife. [2] Sack received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester in 1960 and received his Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1963. [1] [4]
He first clerked for Judge Arthur Stephen Lane of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In 1964,he joined Patterson,Belknap &Webb,eventually becoming a partner of the firm. During 1974,he served as Associate Special Counsel and Senior Associate Special Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry into President Richard Nixon. Following his government service,Sack returned to Patterson Belknap. In 1986,he joined the law firm of Gibson,Dunn &Crutcher as a partner. Throughout his career in private practice,Sack specialized in press law and represented numerous United States and foreign-based media companies. [5] [6] [4] He has been identified as an "academic feeder judge" due to a large number of his former clerks having entered legal academia. [7]
Sack was nominated by President Bill Clinton on November 6,1997,to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Roger J. Miner. [1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 15,1998,and received commission on June 16,1998. He assumed senior status on August 6,2009. [8] [4]
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