Rosemary Shankman Pooler (June 21, 1938 – August 10, 2023) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Rosemary S. Pooler
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1938 in New York, NY
Died 2023 in Syracuse, NY
FJC ID: 1910
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 509/year
New York Northern District Court · 1994–1998Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–2023
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
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fifth Judicial DistrictJustice · 1990–1994
- Atlantic States Legal FoundationVice-president of legal affairs · 1989–1990
Visiting professor of law · 1987–1988- Committee on Corporations, Authorities & Commissions, New York State AssemblyStaff director · 1987
- New York State Public Service CommissionCommissioner · 1981–1986
- New York State Consumer Protection BoardChair and executive director · 1975–1980
- Syracuse [New York] Common CouncilDistrict representative · 1974–1975
- Syracuse, New YorkAssistant corporation counsel and director of consumer affairs unit · 1972–1973
- Private practice, Syracuse, New York1966–1972
Appointments
1998–2023 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1994–1998 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- State University of New York at AlbanyCertificate in Regulatory Economics · 1985
- Harvard University, Program for Senior Managers in Government1978
J.D. · 1965- University of ConnecticutM.A. · 1961
- Brooklyn CollegeB.A. · 1959