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Deborah A. Batts
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1994
Deborah A. Batts , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Deborah Anne Batts (April 13, 1947 – February 3, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. During Gay Pride Week in June 1994, Batts was sworn in as a United States district judge for Manhattan, becoming the nation's first openly LGBT federal judge. She took senior status on her 65th birthday, April 13, 2012.
Education
- Radcliffe CollegeA.B., 1969
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1972
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Lawrence Pierce, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1972-1973; Private practice, New York City, 1973-1979; Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 1979-1984; Associate professor of law, Fordham University School of Law, 1984-1994; Faculty, Corporation Counsel Trial Advocacy Program for the City of New York, 1988-1993 (intermittent); Special associate counsel, Department of Investigation, New York City, 1990-1991
Biography
Deborah Anne Batts (April 13, 1947 – February 3, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. During Gay Pride Week in June 1994, Batts was sworn in as a United States district judge for Manhattan, becoming the nation's first openly LGBT federal judge. She took senior status on her 65th birthday, April 13, 2012.
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