Claire Rita Kelly (born 1965) is a
United States judge
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of the
United States Court of International Trade.
Biography
Kelly was born in 1965 in
New York City
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. She attended
Sacred Heart Academy and graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree, cum laude, in 1987 from
Barnard College
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of
Columbia University
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. She received her
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
, magna cum laude, in 1993 from
Brooklyn Law School
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Brookly ...
. From 1993 to 1997, she worked as an associate at Coudert Brothers in
New York City
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. From 1997 to 2013, she was a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and focused her scholarship on international trade and financial law issues. She served as co-director for the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law. She served on the board of directors of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association and chaired its subcommittee on trade adjustment assistance.
Trade Court service
On November 14, 2012, President
Barack Obama
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nominated Kelly to serve as a United States Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Judge
Evan Wallach who was elevated to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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on November 18, 2011.
On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was reported by the
Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2013, by voice vote.
Her nomination was confirmed on May 23, 2013, by
voice vote
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. She received her commission on May 28, 2013.
References
External links
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Judge Claire R. Kelly Biography on U.S. Court of International Trade website
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1965 births
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American women lawyers
21st-century American judges
21st-century American women judges
American women academics
Barnard College alumni
Brooklyn Law School alumni
Brooklyn Law School faculty
Judges of the United States Court of International Trade
Lawyers from New York City
Living people
United States federal judges appointed by Barack Obama