Raymond Lohier

Who is Raymond Lohier?

Raymond Joseph Lohier, Jr. is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and formerly an American prosecutor and an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. 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 by the United States Senate as a Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit in New York.