Reena Andrea Raggi (born May 11, 1951) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and maintains her chambers in Brooklyn, New York. She was formerly a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,221/year
New York Eastern District Court · 1987–2002Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 2002–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, New York City1977–1979, 1986–1987
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1979–1986- ↳chief, Narcotics Division · 1982–1984
- ↳chief, Special Prosecutions Division · 1984–1986
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York (interim court appointment)1986
Law clerk , Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild · 1976–1977
Appointments
2002–2018 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)- 1987–2002 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1976- Wellesley CollegeB.A. · 1973