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Rachel Peter Kovner

Rachel Peter Kovner

New York Eastern District Court

Born 1979 in New York, NY

FJC ID: 7223861

Rachel Peter Kovner (born September 29, 1979) is an American lawyer from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Department of Justice
    U.S. Department of Justice
    Assistant to the solicitor general · 2013–2019
  2. Southern District of New York
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 2009–2013
  3. Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. Antonin Scalia · 2007–2008
  4. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III · 2006–2007

Appointments

  1. New York Eastern District Court
    2019–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)

Education

  1. Temple Bar Scholar, American Inns of Court
    2008
  2. Stanford University Law School
  3. Stanford University
    jd · 2006
  4. Harvard University
    A.B. · 2001
  5. Harvard University
    cum laude · 2001