1. Robert Allen Katzmann was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
33 Facts About Robert Katzmann
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Robert Katzmann served as chief judge from September 1,2013, to August 31,2020.
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Robert Allen Katzmann was born April 22,1953, in New York City, the son of Sylvia, a homemaker, and John Katzmann, an engineer.
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Robert Katzmann received a Master of Arts from Harvard University in 1976.
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Robert Katzmann received a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 1978.
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Robert Katzmann received a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1980, where he was an article and book review editor of the Yale Law Journal.
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Robert Katzmann was a fellow at the Brookings Institution from 1981 to 1999.
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Robert Katzmann was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center from 1984 to 1989.
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Robert Katzmann was an adjunct professor with the Georgetown University Public Policy Program from 1987 to 1992.
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Robert Katzmann was president of the Governance Institute from 1986 to 1999.
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Robert Katzmann was a special assistant to the director of the Federal Judicial Center from 1986 to 1988.
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Robert Katzmann was a visiting professor of the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1990 to 1992.
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Robert Katzmann was the Wayne Morse Chair in law and politics at the University of Oregon in 1992.
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Robert Katzmann was acting program director at the Brookings Institution in 1998.
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Robert Katzmann was the Walsh Professor of Government, professor of law and professor of public policy at Georgetown University from 1992 to 1999.
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Robert Katzmann's twin brother, Gary Katzmann, is a judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
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Robert Katzmann was nominated by President Bill Clinton on March 8,1999, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Jon O Newman.
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Robert Katzmann was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on July 14,1999, and received commission on July 16,1999.
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Robert Katzmann served as chief judge from September 1,2013, to August 31,2020.
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Robert Katzmann is the first federal judge to hold a doctorate in government.
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In June 2018, Robert Katzmann issued an amended opinion reaching the same result, again over the dissent of Pooler.
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In Corren v Condos, Judge Katzmann upheld Vermont's public financing campaign laws against First Amendment challenges.
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Robert Katzmann wrote articles on a variety of subjects, including judicial-congressional relations, statutory interpretation, the administrative process, regulation, court reform, access to justice for immigrants, civic education, disability, and the war powers resolution.
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Robert Katzmann has offered courses on administrative law, statutory interpretation, constitutional law, and the judiciary.
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Judge Robert Katzmann directed a project on the legal profession and public service at The Brookings Institution, which considered the law firm and the public good.
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Robert Katzmann was a board director of the American Judicature Society, a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, and a vice-chair of the Committee on Government Organization and Separation of Powers of the ABA Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.
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Robert Katzmann has been a consultant to the Federal Courts Study Committee.
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Robert Katzmann served as co-chair of the FTC transition team, and as special counsel to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan on the confirmation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Robert Katzmann has been chair of the Section on Legislation of the Association of American Law Schools.
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Robert Katzmann's lectures include: the James Madison Lecture of New York University School of Law; the Orison Marden Lecture of the NYC Bar Association; and the Robert L Levine Distinguished Lecture of Fordham University School of Law.
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Chief Judge Katzmann convened, along with Administrative Office of the US Courts Director, James C Duff, the first national conference on civic education and the federal courts, at the Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse in New York City, in October 2019.
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In September 2014, Oxford University Press published Robert Katzmann's book, Judging Statutes.
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Robert Katzmann died on June 9,2021, at a Manhattan hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 68.