Ralph K. Winter, Jr.

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Chief Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr.
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Chief Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr.

Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr. (born 1935 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Ronald Reagan nominated Winter on November 18, 1981, to a seat vacated by Walter Roe Mansfield. Judge Winter was confirmed by the Senate on December 9, 1981, and received commission on December 10, 1981. Winter served as chief judge from 1997-2000, and assumed senior status on September 30, 2000.

Judge Winter also serves as one of the three judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.

Winter received his B.A. from Yale University in 1957 and obtained his LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1960. Before going on the bench, he taught antitrust law at Yale, and continued as an adjunct faculty member after his judicial appointment.

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