Jed Rakoff (Lawyer ) was born in Pennsylvania, United States on a Sunday, August 1, 1943 🎈. Jed Rakoff is 81 years old. He is a Leo ♌ and was born in the Year of the Goat 🐐.
United States District Court Judge for New York’s Southern District known for presiding over such high-profile cases as the Securities and Exchange Commission v. Citigroup and the Associated Press v. Dept. of Defense.
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| FULL NAME: | Jed Rakoff |
| BIRTH DATE: | August 1, 1943 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Pennsylvania, United States |
| AGE: | 81 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Leo |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Goat |
About
Jed Rakoff is a Lawyer. Jed was born in the 1940s, in the middle of the Baby Boomers Generation generation. Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during the post World War II baby boom. This generation is known for Rock and Roll, Woodstock, Elvis, the Beatles, miniskirts, and Barbies. Baby boomers have experienced some of the most important historical events, including the JFK Assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he later settled in New York and married Ann Rakoff. His brother, Todd, had a career as a Harvard Law School professor. Find out who is Jed Rakoff dating right now.
After serving as student body president at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, he studied at Oxford University and went on to earn a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
DID YOU KNOW He taught classes at Columbia University’s law school and he has published numerous articles on the topic of the legal treatment of white collar criminals. In the 2002 case United States v. Quinones, he ruled that, on the federal level, the death penalty was unconstitutional.
FACT In October of 1995, then-United States President Bill Clinton nominated Rakoff to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Birthday
Currently, Jed Rakoff is 81 years old. His next birthday is away. Jed will celebrate his 82nd birthday on a Sunday, August 1st. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on August 1, 1943. Below is the countdown to his next birthday.
Zodiac
Jed Rakoff’s zodiac sign is Leo. People born between the dates of July 23rd and August 22nd belong to the fifth sign in the zodiac, Leo. Leos are known for being generous, self-confident, and determined. Libra is the most compatible sign for Leos.
Famous Leos celebrities are Madonna, Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant, Kylie Jenner, Coco Chanel, Lil Yachty, Mila Kunis, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Hemsworth, and Jennifer Lawrence. Leo ruling planet is Sun. Astrologically, Sun represents hope, life, and the force that drives you to seek the highest expression of yourself.
Jed Rakoff was born in the Year of the Goat. Goat symbolizes pureness and preciousness in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Goat are intelligent, creative, charming, compassionate, and gentle. They can also sometimes be unorganized, lazy, pessimistic, insecure, indecisive, anxious, and gullible.
This year is the Year of the Serpent.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Jed Rakoff is a 81 years old Lawyer, born in August, in the Year of the Goat (1943), and is a Leo. His life path number is 8. Jed’s birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx, and his birth flower is Gladiolus. You may also check out all famous birthdays in August or specifically birthdays on August 1.
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