Roger Miner

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Roger Jeffrey Miner (born 1934) is a federal appellate judge serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

After graduating from New York Law School, Miner practiced law for many years in Hudson, New York. He was corporation counsel (city attorney) for the City of Hudson from 1961 to 1964 and District Attorney of Columbia County, New York from 1968 to 1975.

Miner's judicial career began with his election in 1975 to the New York State Supreme Court, a trial court on which he served from 1976 to 1981.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Miner to the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

In 1985, President Reagan promoted Miner to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He assumed senior status on the court effective January 1, 1997.