Early Life, Education
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Richard Revesz graduated summa cum laude in Civil Engineering and Public Affairs from Princeton University and received an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He continued his studies at Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of Yale Law Journal. Upon graduation, he clerked first for Chief Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and then clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, where he met his wife, Vicki L. Been who was also clerking at the Supreme Court, for Justice Harry Blackmun.
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