Raymond Lohier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Raymond Lohier

American judge

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1965

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Raymond Joseph Lohier Jr.
(born December 1, 1965) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and formerly an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a Senior Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
He was the chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force in the criminal division of the U.S.
Attorney's office.
He was recommended by Sen.
Charles Schumer for the nomination to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that was vacated by Sonia Sotomayor when she was elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Lohier is the first Haitian American to serve as an Article III Federal Judge and to be confirmed (unanimously) by the United States Senate as a Judge for the Second Circuit in New York.
He was mentioned as a possible candidate for the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama.