Eric R. Komitee

Eric R. Komitee
Personal details
Born (1970-12-21) December 21, 1970
Freeport, New York, U.S.
Education Emory University (BA)
New York University School of Law (JD)

Eric Ross Komitee (born December 21, 1970)[1] is an American lawyer from New York and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Education

Komitee earned his Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, from Emory University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the New York University School of Law, where he served as the senior notes and comments editor of the New York University Law Review.[2]

After graduation from law school he served as a law clerk to Judge James Larry Edmondson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He has practiced as an associate in the Government Enforcement and White Collar Crime group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and as an associate in the corporate practice group of Cravath Swaine & Moore. He previously served for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, rising to serve as Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section.[2]

He is currently the General Counsel of Viking Global Investors in New York City.[2]

Nomination to district court

In August 2017 Komitee was one of several candidates pitched to New York senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand by the White House as judicial candidates for vacancies on the federal courts in New York.[3] On May 10, 2018 President Trump announced his intent to nominate Komitee to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. On May 15, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat that was vacated by Judge Eric N. Vitaliano, who assumed senior status on February 28, 2017. On August 1, 2018 a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On September 13, 2018 his nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–0 vote.[5] His nomination is currently pending before the full United States Senate.

References

  1. ↑ MyLife.com profile
  2. 1 2 3 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fourteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Thirteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eighth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, May 10, 2018 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ Tillman, Zoe (August 7, 2017). "The White House Has Pitched A Nominee For Manhattan's Powerful US Attorney Opening". BuzzFeed. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for August 1, 2018
  5. ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 13, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee
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