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Eunice Cheryl Lee (born 1970) [1] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Born in West Germany, she attended Ohio State University and Yale Law School.
Judge Lee was appointed to the Second Circuit in 2021 after serving as a federal defender and a clinical law professor. She received her B.A. from Ohio State and her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Aug 7, 2021 · (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Saturday voted to confirm New York lawyer Eunice Lee to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where she will become the only former federal public defender...
- Mike Scarcella
May 12, 2021 · Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice Robert A. Katzmann, retired.
May 12, 2021 · President Biden picked Eunice Lee, an appellate attorney with the Federal Defenders of New York, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Lee would be the second Black woman and the first former federal defender on the Manhattan-based appeals court.
Eunice Lee is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. She was nominated to the court by President Joe Biden (D) on May 12, 2021, and confirmed by the United States Senate on August 7, 2021, by a vote of 50-47.
Aug 7, 2021 · Eunice Lee is the only Black woman and the only former public defender to serve on the Second Circuit. She was nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate with the support of Majority Whip Durbin.
