Dennis Jacobs
| Dennis Jacobs | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
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In office October 1, 2006 – August 31, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | John Walker |
| Succeeded by | Robert Katzmann |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
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Assumed office October 2, 1992 |
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| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Wilfred Feinberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 72–73) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
City University of New York, Queens New York University |
Dennis Jacobs (born 1944) is a federal judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He previously served as Chief Judge of the Second Circuit from October 1, 2006 to August 31, 2013.
Born and raised in New York City, Jacobs graduated from Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, Queens and from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1964. He received a Master's Degree in English Literature from New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science in 1965. From 1967 to 1968, Jacobs was a lecturer in the English Department of Queens College. In 1973, he earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he served on the Law Review and was a Pomeroy Scholar. He was in private practice from 1973 with the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, serving as a partner there from 1980 until his judicial appointment.
In 1992, President George H. W. Bush nominated Jacobs to serve on the Second Circuit, succeeding Wilfred Feinberg, and before him Thurgood Marshall. Jacobs was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 29, 1992, and received his commission on October 2, 1992.
Jacobs has been awarded the Learned Hand Award for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence by the Federal Bar Council (2003); the Eugene J. Keogh Award for distinguished public service by New York University (2004); the Outstanding Public Service Award by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (2009); and the James Madison Award by the Federalist Society. An honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred in 2009 by St. John's University.
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