Leo Maury Gordon (born January 18, 1952) is a

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United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.

Education and career

Gordon was born in 1952 in

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, New Jersey, attending school at Newark Academy. He received an

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degree in 1973 from the University of North Carolina. He received a

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in 1977 from the Emory University School of Law. He served as an assistant counsel to the

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for the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981. He served as an assistant clerk for the United States Court of International Trade from 1981 to 1999. He served as Clerk of the Court for the Trade Court from 1999 to 2006.

Trade Court service

On November 10, 2005, President

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nominated Gordon to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the

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on March 13, 2006 and received his commission on March 16, 2006. He assumed senior status on March 22, 2019.

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1952 births Living people Emory University School of Law alumni Judges of the United States Court of International Trade Lawyers from Newark, New Jersey Newark Academy alumni 21st-century American judges University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni United States federal judges appointed by George W. Bush {{US-federal-judge-stub