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Gerard E. Lynch
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000–2009
Gerard E. Lynch , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Senate voted 63–36 on the nomination on May 24, 2000 (Nomination Confirmed). Gerard Edmund Lynch (born September 4, 1951) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was confirmed to that seat on September 17, 2009, after previously having been appointed in 2000 by President Bill Clinton to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Senate confirmation votes
- a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York vice John E. Sprizzo, retired
106th Congress · Nomination Confirmed63–36 · May 24, 2000 - United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit
111th Congress · Nomination Confirmed94–3 · Sep 17, 2009
Education
- Columbia CollegeB.A., 1972
- Columbia Law SchoolJ.D., 1975
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1975-1976; Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977; Professor, Columbia University School of Law, 1977-2000; vice dean, 1992-1997; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1980-1983, 1990-1992; chief, Criminal Division, 1990-1992; Associate counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, Iran-Contra investigation, 1988-1990; Private practice, New York City, 1992-2000
Biography
Gerard Edmund Lynch (born September 4, 1951) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was confirmed to that seat on September 17, 2009, after previously having been appointed in 2000 by President Bill Clinton to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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