Robert Katzmann, Second Circuit Judge, Legal Scholar, Dies (1)

Robert Katzmann, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit who was a prolific legal scholar and advocate for civics education on the courts, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 68.

Katzmann was appointed to the Manhattan-based district circuit by Bill Clinton in 1999, while a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University. He later served as chief judge from 2013 to 2020.

In January, Katzmann announced he was taking senior status, a form of semi-retirement allowing for a lighter caseload, soon after President Joe Biden took office and was joining ...