List of Judges of The United States District Court For The Southern District of New York - District Judges

District Judges

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has 28 authorized judgeships, filled by judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Twenty four judges who have taken senior status are eligible to continue hearing cases. As of June 1, 2009, the Chief Judge of the District is Judge Loretta A. Preska, succeeding Judge Kimba Wood, who assumed senior status. Senior Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. sits by designation with the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

The District Judges (active and senior) sitting are:

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
102 Chief District Judge Loretta A. Preska New York City 1949 1992–present 2009–present — G.H.W. Bush
110 District Judge John G. Koeltl New York City 1945 1994–present — — Clinton
119 District Judge Colleen McMahon New York City 1951 1998–present — — Clinton
120 District Judge William H. Pauley New York City 1952 1998–present — — Clinton
123 District Judge George B. Daniels New York City 1953 2000–present — — Clinton
125 District Judge Laura Taylor Swain New York City 1958 2000–present — — Clinton
126 District Judge P. Kevin Castel New York City 1950 2003–present — — G.W. Bush
129 District Judge Kenneth M. Karas White Plains 1964 2004–present — — G.W. Bush
130 District Judge Paul A. Crotty New York City 1941 2005–present — — G.W. Bush
131 District Judge Richard Sullivan New York City 1964 2007–present — — G.W. Bush
132 District Judge Cathy Seibel White Plains 1960 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
133 District Judge Paul G. Gardephe New York City 1957 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
134 District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti White Plains 1954 2011–present — — Obama
135 District Judge J. Paul Oetken New York City 1965 2011–present — — Obama
136 District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer New York City 1961 2011–present — — Obama
137 District Judge Katherine B. Forrest New York City 1964 2011–present — — Obama
138 District Judge Alison J. Nathan New York City 1972 2011–present — — Obama
139 District Judge Edgardo Ramos White Plains 1960 2011–present — — Obama
140 District Judge Andrew L. Carter, Jr. New York City 1969 2011–present — — Obama
141 District Judge Jesse M. Furman New York City 1972 2012–present — — Obama
142 District Judge Ronnie Abrams New York City 1968 2012–present — — Obama
143 District Judge Lorna G. Schofield New York City 1956 2012–present — — Obama
144 District Judge Katherine Polk Failla New York City 1969 2013–present — — Obama
145 District Judge Analisa Torres New York City 1959 2013–present — — Obama
146 District Judge Nelson S. Roman New York City 1960 2013–present — — Obama
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70 Senior District Judge Thomas P. Griesa New York City 1930 1972–2000 1993–2000 2000–present Nixon
74 Senior District Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy New York City 1933 1972–1998 — 1998–present Nixon
77 Senior District Judge Richard Owen New York City 1922 1973–1989 — 1989–present Nixon
79 Senior District Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. New Haven, CT 1930 1976–1995 — 1995–present Ford
83 Senior District Judge Robert W. Sweet New York City 1922 1978–1991 — 1991–present Carter
84 Senior District Judge Leonard B. Sand New York City 1928 1978–1993 — 1993–present Carter
89 Senior District Judge John F. Keenan New York City 1929 1983–1996 — 1996–present Reagan
90 Senior District Judge Peter K. Leisure inactive 1929 1984–1997 — 1997–present Reagan
91 Senior District Judge Louis L. Stanton New York City 1927 1985–1996 — 1996–present Reagan
93 Senior District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum New York City 1929 1986–1998 — 1998–present Reagan
97 Senior District Judge Kimba Wood New York City 1944 1988–2009 2006–2009 2009–present Reagan
98 Senior District Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. New York City 1923 1988–1998 — 1998–present Reagan
100 Senior District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna New York City 1933 1990–2002 — 2002–present G.H.W. Bush
105 Senior District Judge Deborah A. Batts New York City 1947 1994–2012 — 2012–present Clinton
106 Senior District Judge Harold Baer, Jr. New York City 1933 1994–2004 — 2004–present Clinton
108 Senior District Judge Denise Cote New York City 1946 1994–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
109 Senior District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan New York City 1944 1994–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
112 Senior District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin New York City 1946 1994–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
113 Senior District Judge Sidney H. Stein New York City 1945 1995–2010 — 2010–present Clinton
115 Senior District Judge Jed S. Rakoff New York City 1943 1996–2010 — 2010–present Clinton
117 Senior District Judge Richard M. Berman New York City 1943 1998–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
118 Senior District Judge Alvin Hellerstein New York City 1933 1998–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
121 Senior District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald New York City 1944 1999–2012 — 2012–present Clinton
122 Senior District Judge Victor Marrero New York City 1941 1999–2010 — 2010–present Clinton

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