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Full Name:
Pierre N. Leval
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
1936
Birth Place:
New York, NY
JD, Harvard Law School, 1963
AB, Harvard College, 1959
No political experience information on file.
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Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2002-present
Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Adjunct Faculty, New York University School of Law
Served, United States Army
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1993-2002
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, October 18, 1993
Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, August 6, 1993
Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1977-1993
Assistant District Attorney, New York County, New York, 1975-1977
Chief Assistant District Attorney, New York, N, 1976-1977
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, October 29, 1977
Nominated by President Jimmy Carter, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, October 17, 1977
First Assistant District Attorney, New York, New York, 1975-1976
Associate/Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, 1969-1975
Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1964-1968
Chief Appellate Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1967-1968
Law Clerk, Honorable Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1963-1964
Board Member, Federal Judicial Center, 2002-2006
Awards:
Hillmon Memorial Fellowship by the University of Wisconsin in 1988; the Donald R. Brace Memorial Lectureship by the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. in 1989; the Fowler Harper Memorial Fellowship by Yale Law School in 1992; the Melville Nimmer Lectureship by UCLA Law School in 1997; the Learned Hand Medal of the Federal Bar Council in 1997; and the University of Connecticut School of Law's Intellectual Property Keynote Lectureship for 2001