Debra Ann Livingston

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Debra Ann Livingston (born April 15, 1959 in Waycross, Georgia) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is currently the youngest judge on the Second Circuit bench.

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[edit] Second Circuit nomination and confirmation

Livingston was first nominated to fill former Chief Judge John M. Walker, Jr.'s seat on the Second Circuit on June 28, 2006 by President George W. Bush. That nomination was made during the 109th Congress. However, that Congress adjourned before granting Livingston a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Bush renominated Livingston on January 9, 2007 to the 110th Congress. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination on April 11, 2007 and approved her nomination on April 25 of that year.

The Senate confirmed her nomination on May 9, 2007 by a vote of 91-0, almost one year after she was first nominated. She is the fifth judge appointed to the Second Circuit by Bush, and the first of his second term.

[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.[1] They subsequently divorced and Massey, who remarried, is now deceased. [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.

[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, and continues to teach there following her confirmation. From 2005-2006, she was also the Vice Dean.

She is one of the authors of Comprehensive Criminal Procedure.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c New York Times wedding announcement, Oct. 19, 1986
  2. ^ New York Times article
  3. ^ a b Columbia Law School faculty profile
  4. ^ a b Debra A. Livingston

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Preceded by
John M. Walker, Jr.		 Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
2007-present		 Succeeded by
incumbent