Profile of Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld

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Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by: President Bush, 1991

Born: June 12, 1945 in New York, New York

Education: BA, Wesleyan 1966; JD, Harvard 1969

Law Practice: Private practice in Fairbanks, Alaska (1971-86)

Judicial Appointments: United States Magistrate, part-time (1970-73); United States District Court for the District of Alaska (1986-91); Ninth Circuit (1991-present)

Opinions Reported in Appellate Decisions Noted:

• Ninth Circuit upholds Judge Wilson's application of his "rocket docket" rules (dissent)
• Sometimes a handshake will not seal the deal
• Demotion in rank, but not grade, does not give rise to constitutional claim
• Bank may voluntarily provide limited information about customer to government agents without violating Right To Financial Privacy Act
• Constitutional challenge to random urine tests survives motion to dismiss
• Ninth Circuit rules that California law allows some restrictive covenants
• Ninth Circuit rules that Washington's IOLTA program is a taking of client property
• Drug testing laboratory liable to fired employee for negligent testing

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Comments from Visitors to the Appellate Counsellor Home Page:

Anonymous (6/11/98)

At oral argument, I found in Judge Kleinfeld's quick and incisive questions all of the preparation, perception and careful analysis I could hope to find in a jurist.

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