Jed S. Rakoff

Jed S. Rakoff
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Assumed office
December 31, 2010
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office
March 1, 1996  December 31, 2010
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byDavid Norton Edelstein
Succeeded byKatherine B. Forrest
Personal details
Born
Jed Saul Rakoff

(1943-08-01) August 1, 1943
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
RelativesTodd Rakoff (brother)
EducationSwarthmore College (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford (MPhil)
Harvard University (JD)

Jed Saul Rakoff (born August 1, 1943) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was appointed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.