Background
Buchwald was born in Kingston, New York, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University in 1965 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Columbia Law School in 1968. After law school, Buchwald practiced law in New York until 1973, when she become an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, rising to the position of Chief of the Civil Division. She held this position until being named a magistrate judge in the same district in 1980. She served as Chief Magistrate from 1994 until 1999.
On February 12, 1999, Buchwald was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Miriam G. Cedarbaum. Buchwald was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 13, 1999, and received her commission on September 22, 1999. She assumed senior status on March 21, 2012.
She is married to criminal defense attorney Don Buchwald, also a former Assistant United States Attorney, and has two grown children.
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