Richard K. Eaton

Richard Eaton
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
In office
October 26, 1999  August 22, 2014
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Kenton Musgrave
Succeeded by Vacant
Personal details
Born August 22, 1948
Walton, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Ithaca College
Albany Law School

Richard K. Eaton (born 1948) is a Senior Judge on the United States Court of International Trade.

Biography

Eaton was born in 1948, in Walton, New York. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970, from Ithaca College. He received a Juris Doctorate in 1974, from Albany Law School at Union University. He worked in private practice in Cooperstown, New York from 1974 to 1975 and then in Walton from 1975 to 1977. He served in turn as regional director, legislative director and Chief of Staff for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, from 1977 to 1983, serving in both New York City and Washington, D.C. He served in private practice in New York City from 1983 to 1991. He again served as Chief of Staff to Senator Moynihan from 1991 to 1993. He returned to private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1993 to 1999.[1]

Federal Judicial Service

On August 3, 1999, President Clinton nominated Eaton to be a Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Judge R. Kenton Musgrave. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 22, 1999 and received his commission on October 26, 1999.[2] He took senior status on August 22, 2014.

Personal life

Eaton is married to museum director Susan Henshaw Jones.[3] Landscape architect Raymond Jungles designed the pool and garden of the couple's vacation home in Key West.[4][5]

References

  1. Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  2. Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  3. Pogrebin, Robin (15 April 2015). "Susan Henshaw Jones to Leave Museum of the City of New York". New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. "Jones Residence Key West, Florida Designed by Raymond Jungles". Dwell. September 2007.
  5. "Key West Comes East (and North)". WAG. April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Kenton Musgrave
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade
1999–2014
Vacant