Jon O. Newman

Jon Newman

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office June 30, 1993 – July 1, 1997
Preceded by	Thomas Meskill
Succeeded by	Ralph Winter
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office June 21, 1979 – July 1, 1997
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Robert Katzmann
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office December 15, 1971 – June 21, 1979
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	William Timbers
Succeeded by	José Cabranes
Personal details
Born	1932 (age 84–85) New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Princeton University (BA) Yale University (LLB)

Jon Ormond Newman (born in New York City in 1932) is a United States federal judge. He has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since 1979.

Newman earned his A.B. from Princeton University in 1953 and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1956. After Yale, he clerked for Judge George T. Washington of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then clerked for U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1957 to 1958.

He was in private practice from 1958 to 1960 in Hartford, Connecticut and served as a graduate instructor at Trinity College. He also served as a special counsel to the governor of Connecticut in 1960. He was an executive assistant to the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1961 to 1962 and then joined the staff of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff as Administrative Assistant from 1963 to 1964. He was the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut from 1964 to 1969 when Richard Nixon took office. He entered private practice in Hartford again until 1971 when he was nominated to a federal district judgeship.