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Shira A. Scheindlin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1994

Shira A. Scheindlin , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Shira Ann Scheindlin (; née Joffe; born August 16, 1946) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is currently of counsel at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.

Education

  • University of MichiganB.A., 1967
  • Columbia UniversityM.A., 1969
  • Cornell Law SchoolJ.D., 1975

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1975-1976, 1990-1994, 2016-; Law clerk, Hon. Charles Brieant, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1976-1977; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1977-1981; General counsel, New York City Department of Investigation, 1981-1982; Adjunct professor, Brooklyn Law School, 1983-1994; Private practice, Short Hills, New Jersey, 1986-1990; Mediator, arbitrator, and special master, JAMS, New York City, 2016-

Biography

Shira Ann Scheindlin (; née Joffe; born August 16, 1946) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is currently of counsel at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.

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