Allyne R. Ross

Allyne R. Ross
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office April 5, 2011
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
In office September 29, 1994 – April 5, 2011
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Israel Leo Glasser
Succeeded by	Margo Kitsy Brodie
United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
In office 1986–1994
Personal details
Born	1946 (age 69–70) New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Wellesley College Harvard Law School

Allyne R. Ross (born 1946) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Born in New York, New York, Ross received a B.A. from Wellesley College in 1967 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1970. She was a Staff attorney to the Boston Legal Assistance Project from 1970 to 1971, and was in private practice of law in New York City from 1971 to 1976. She was an attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, from 1976 to 1986, and was an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1976 to 1983. She was in the Appeals Division from 1983 to 1986. She became a U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1986 to 1994.

On July 22, 1994, Ross was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by I. Leo Glasser. Ross was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received her commission on September 29, 1994. She assumed senior status on April 5, 2011.

Sources

• Allyne R. Ross at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.