Alex Kozinski
Alex Kozinski | |
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Kozinski in 2024 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office December 1, 2007 – December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mary M. Schroeder |
| Succeeded by | Sidney R. Thomas |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office November 7, 1985 – December 18, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Bress |
| Chief Judge of the United States Claims Court | |
| In office October 1, 1982 – February 9, 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Loren A. Smith |
| Judge of the United States Claims Court | |
| In office October 1, 1982 – February 9, 1985 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Marian Blank Horn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 23, 1950 |
| Spouse | Marcy Tiffany |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD) |
Alex Kozinski (/kəˈzɪnski/; born July 23, 1950) is a Romanian-American jurist and lawyer who was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1985 to 2017. He was a prominent and influential judge, and many of his law clerks went on to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Kozinski's judicial career ended in 2017 when he retired after over a dozen of his former female law clerks and legal staffers accused him of sexual harassment and abusive practices. Kozinski had previously faced an ethics hearing over inappropriate sexual material.