Reena Raggi at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- October 4, 2002–present
Reena Raggi
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1979-1986; chief, Narcotics Division, 1982-1984; chief, Special Prosecutions Division, 1984-1986
- Professional Career: U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York (interim court appointment), 1986
- Professional Career: Private practice, New York City, 1977-1979, 1986-1987
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York (interim court appointment), 1986-present
- Private practice, New York City, 1986-1987
- chief, Special Prosecutions Division, 1984-1986
- chief, Narcotics Division, 1982-1984
- Private practice, New York City, 1977-1979
- Law clerk, Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1976-1977
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, E.D. New York, 1987-2002
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2002-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
- Wellesley College · B.A., 1973
- Harvard University · J.D., 1976
Personal record
Born 1951 · Jersey City, NJ
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1386671CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/2649/reena-raggi/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure