Raymond Joseph Dearie was born on 1944 and is an American lawyer who is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
13 Facts About Raymond Dearie
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Raymond Dearie served as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2012 to 2019.
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Raymond Dearie received his Juris Doctor from St John's University School of Law in 1969, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the St John's Law Review.
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Raymond Dearie received an Alumni Professional Achievement Award from Fairfield University in 1986.
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Raymond Dearie received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, from the St John's University School of Law, and later delivered the school's commencement speech to the graduating class in 2008.
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Raymond Dearie worked in private practice until 1980 before serving as the Chief Assistant United States Attorney until 1982, when he was appointed the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York by President Ronald Reagan, serving from 1982 to 1986, before being appointed to the federal bench, by the recommendation of New York Senator Al D'Amato.
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Raymond Dearie was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 3,1986, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to a new seat created by 98 Stat.
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Raymond Dearie was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 14,1986, and received his commission on March 19,1986.
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Raymond Dearie served as Chief Judge from 2007 until 2011.
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Raymond Dearie took senior status on April 3,2011, and was succeeded by Judge Pamela K Chen in March 2013.
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Raymond Dearie remained an active judge on the Eastern District Court; according to a court official, he is planning to go on inactive status at the end of 2022.
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In September 2022, Raymond Dearie was one of two candidates proposed by former President Donald Trump as a special master to review documents seized in the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.
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Raymond Dearie was appointed special master by Judge Aileen Cannon on September 15,2022.