Appointed by George W. Bush Preceded by Thomas Aquilino | Name Leo Gordon | |
Alma mater University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Emory University Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emory University School of Law | ||
Leo Maury Gordon (born 1952) is a United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
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Education and career
Gordon was born in 1952 in Newark, New Jersey, attending school at Newark Academy. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1973 from the University of North Carolina. He received a Juris Doctor in 1977 from the Emory University School of Law. He served as an assistant counsel to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 George W. Bush nominated Gordon to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 13, 2006 and received his commission on March 16, 2006.