Debra Ann Livingston
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Debra Ann Livingston is a professor of law at Columbia Law School and is currently a nominee for a seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
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[edit] Family
Debra Livingston is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Livingston of Flemington, New Jersey.[1] Her father was the director of labor relations for AT&T.[1] In 1986, she married Stephen J. Massey, another law professor, who is now deceased.[1][2]
[edit] Career
Livingston received a A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1980 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.[3] She served as a clerk for the Judge J. Edward Lumbard, of the Second Circuit after graduating. From 1986 to 1991, she was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, where she handled criminal cases, including the prosecution of Ferdinand Marcos, former president of the Philippines.[4] After working as a legal consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Livingston was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a New York City law firm. From 1994-2003, she served as Commissioner of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board. In 2006, President George W. Bush nominated her to a vacancy on the Second Circuit.[5]
[edit] Academia
From 1992 to 1994, Livingston taught criminal procedure and evidence at the University of Michigan Law School.[4] She joined the faculty of Columbia Law School in 1994. Livingston is currently the vice dean of the Columbia Law School and one of the authors of Comprehensive Criminal Procedure.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c New York Times wedding announcement, Oct. 19, 1986
- ^ New York Times article
- ^ a b Columbia Law School faculty profile
- ^ a b http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/livingston.html
- ^ http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/06/20060628-6.html
