Katzmann, Robert A. Born 1953 in New York, NY Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 8, 1999, to a seat vacated by Jon O. Newman. Confirmed by the Senate on July 14, 1999, and received commission on July 16, 1999. Education: Columbia College, A.B., 1973 Harvard University, A.M., 1976 Harvard University, Ph.D., 1978 Yale University, J.D., 1980 Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Hugh H. Bownes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1980-1981 Fellow, Brookings Institution, 1981-1999 Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1984-1989 Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Public Policy Program, 1987-1992 President, Governance Institute, 1986-1999 Special assistant to director, Federal Judicial Center, 1986-1988 Visiting professor, UCLA (Washington, DC program), 1990-1992 Wayne Morse chair in law and politics, University of Oregon, 1992 Acting program director, Brookings Institution, 1998 Walsh Professor of Government, Professor of Law and Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University, 1992-1999