Robert D. Sack

Robert Sack
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office June 16, 1998 – August 6, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Roger Miner
Succeeded by	Denny Chin
Personal details
Born	1939 (age 77–78) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	University of Rochester (BA) Columbia University (LLB)

Robert David Sack (born 1939) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sack was raised in Brooklyn, New York. His father was Eugene Sack, who served as rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim for 35 years. In 1989 he married his second wife, the lawyer Anne K. Hilker; he had been divorced from his first wife.

Sack graduated from the University of Rochester in 1960 and received his LL.B. degree from Columbia Law School in 1963. He first clerked for Judge Arthur Lane of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In 1964, he joined Patterson, Belknap & Webb, eventually becoming a partner of the firm. During 1974, he served as Associate Special Counsel and Senior Associate Special Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry into President Richard Nixon. Following his government service, Sack returned to Patterson Belknap. In 1986, he joined the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner. Throughout his career in private practice, Sack specialized in press law and represented numerous U.S. and foreign-based media companies.

In 1998, Sack was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President Bill Clinton, to a seat vacated by Judge Roger J. Miner. Sack took senior status in August 2009.

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