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  Kleinfeld, Andrew Jay
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  2000-01-01  
 
NameAndrew Jay Kleinfeld
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Fairbanks, Alaska , United States
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Born June 12, 1945 (78 years)
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InfoAndrew Jay Kleinfeld (born June 12, 1945 in New York City) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska.

He is married to Professor Judith Kleinfeld.

Kleinfeld attended Wesleyan University (B.A. 1966) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1969). After law school, he clerked for two years for Justice Jay Rabinowitz of the Supreme Court of Alaska. He served as Fairbanks's part time magistrate for a short time, but was generally in private practice in Fairbanks until his elevation to the bench.

After completing his clerkship, Kleinfeld served for three years as a part-time Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

He was nominated for a full judgeship by president Ronald Reagan on March 26, 1986, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 14, 1986, and received his commission on May 15, 1986.

On May 23, 1991, president George H.W. Bush nominated Kleinfeld to a seat on the Ninth Circuit, vacated by Alfred T. Goodwin. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 12, 1991, and received his commission on September 16, 1991.


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  09/12/1991 Ninth Circuit Court Judge Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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