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Lewis A. Kaplan
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1994
Lewis A. Kaplan , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Lewis Avins Kaplan (born 1944) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was the presiding judge in a number of cases involving high-profile defendants, including E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, Giuffre v. Prince Andrew, United States v.
Education
- University of RochesterA.B., 1966
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1969
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Edward McEntee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1969-1970; Private practice, New York City, 1970-1994; Special master, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1982-1983; Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2012-2019
Biography
Lewis Avins Kaplan (born 1944) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was the presiding judge in a number of cases involving high-profile defendants, including E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump, Giuffre v. Prince Andrew, United States v.
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