Alex Kozinski

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Alex Kozinski is a prominent and controversial former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, known for his influential opinions and later resignation amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

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Alex Kozinski canonical 7
Alex Alex Kozinski 1
Kozinski 1

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instanceOf American judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
appointedToCourtOfFederalClaimsBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
barAdmission State Bar of California ⓘ
clerkship Law clerk to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
Law clerk to Judge Anthony Kennedy ⓘ
commissionDate 1985-11-07 ⓘ
controversy allegations of sexual misconduct ⓘ
countryOfBirth Romania ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1950-07-23 ⓘ
degree Juris Doctor ⓘ
educatedAt UCLA ⓘ
UCLA School of Law ⓘ
endTime 2017-12-18 ⓘ
endTimeAsChiefJudge 2014-12-01 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Jewish ⓘ
familyName Kozinski ⓘ
linked to: Alex Kozinski
fullName Alex Alex Kozinski ⓘ
linked to: Alex Kozinski
givenName Alex ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
knownFor colorful writing style in judicial opinions ⓘ
influential judicial opinions ⓘ
libertarian-leaning jurisprudence ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
memberOfCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
nominationDate 1985-06-05 ⓘ
notableCaseInvolvement Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc. ⓘ
United States v. Gementera ⓘ
United States v. Ramirez-Lopez ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
judge ⓘ
law professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bucharest, Romania ⓘ
linked to: Bucharest
politicalOrientation libertarian-leaning ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
precededByAsChiefJudge Mary M. Schroeder ⓘ
previousPosition Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
reasonForResignation allegations of sexual misconduct by former clerks and staff ⓘ
resignationDate 2017-12-18 ⓘ
serviceOnCourtOfFederalClaimsEnd 1985-11-07 ⓘ
serviceOnCourtOfFederalClaimsStart 1982-10-01 ⓘ
spouse Marian Kozinski ⓘ
startTime 1985-11-07 ⓘ
startTimeAsChiefJudge 2007-12-01 ⓘ
succeededByAsChiefJudge Sidney R. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brett M. Kavanaugh → clerkship → Alex Kozinski ⓘ
Brett M. Kavanaugh → workedAsClerkFor → Alex Kozinski ⓘ
subject linked to: Kavanaugh
Alex Kozinski → fullName → Alex Alex Kozinski ⓘ
linked to: Alex Kozinski
Alex Kozinski → familyName → Kozinski ⓘ
linked to: Alex Kozinski
Brett M. Kavanaugh → clerkedFor → Alex Kozinski ⓘ
subject linked to: Brett
Marian Kozinski → spouse → Alex Kozinski ⓘ