Jesse Furman
| Jesse Furman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Approval vote: | 62-34 |
| Active: | 2/17/2012 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Alvin Hellerstein |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1972 |
| Home State: | New York, NY |
| Bachelors: | Harvard, B.A., 1994 |
| Law School: | Yale Law, J.D., 1998 |
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Jesse Furman is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the court in 2012 after an appointment from Barack Obama. Prior to appointment, Furman served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, a position he has held since 2004. On June 7, 2011 Barack Obama appointed him to a post on the Southern District of New York.[1]
Early life and education
Born in New York City in 1972, Furman earned his B.A. at Harvard University in 1994 and went on to earn his J.D. 4 years later from Yale Law.[1]
Professional career
After law school, Furman clerked for Judge Michael Mukasey with the Southern District of New York from 1998-1999 and Judge Jose Cabranes with the Second Circuit from 1999-2000. He went on to work in fprivate practice in Connecticut for four years before clerking for Justice David Souter with the Supreme Court from 2002-2003. He then joined the United States Attorney's office where he served as an Assistant attorney (2004-2007), Counselor to the Attorney General (2007-2009) and Chief Appellate Attorney (2009-2012) with the Southern District of New York.[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
Jesse Furman was nominated by Barack Obama to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 7. He was nominated to the spot left vacant by Judge Alvin Hellerstein's retirement. Obama said of the nomination, "Throughout their careers these individuals have shown a dedication to justice. I am proud to nominate them to serve the American people from the district court bench.”[2]
He was rated Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified by the American Bar Association. He had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary committee on July 28, 2011 and you can find his Committee Questionnaire Available Here and his Questions for the Record Available Here.[3]
On February 17, 2012 the United States Senate confirmed Jesse Furman to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with a vote of 62-34. [4]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Alvin Hellerstein |
Southern District of New York 2011–Current |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Loretta Preska • Kevin Castel • Paul Crotty • George Daniels • Paul Gardephe • Kenneth Karas • John Koeltl • Colleen McMahon • William Pauley • Cathy Seibel • Richard Sullivan • Laura Swain • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelson S. Roman • Analisa Torres • J. Paul Oetken • Vincent L. Briccetti • Paul A. Engelmayer • Alison J. Nathan • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Jesse Furman • Ronnie Abrams • Lorna Schofield • Katherine Failla | ||
| Senior judges |
Victor Marrero • Kimba Wood • Harold Baer • Deborah Batts • Richard Berman • Naomi Buchwald • Robert Lee Carter • Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum • Denise Cote • Thomas Griesa • Charles Haight • Alvin Hellerstein • Lewis Kaplan • John Keenan • Shirley Kram • Peter Leisure • Lawrence McKenna • Richard Owen • Robert Patterson • Jed Rakoff • Leonard Sand • Shira Scheindlin • Louis Stanton • Sidney Stein • Robert Sweet • Kevin Duffy • Gerard Goettel • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Henry Pitman • Michael Dolinger • Ronald Ellis • Kevin Fox • James Francis • Debra Freeman • Martin Goldberg • Gabriel Gorenstein • Frank Maas • Andrew Peck • Lisa Smith • George Yanthis • Paul Davison • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Morris Lasker • Denny Chin • William Conner • Richard Holwell • Barbara Jones • Gerard Lynch • Stephen Robinson • John Sprizzo • William Peter Van Ness • Samuel Rossiter Betts • Samuel Blatchford • Sonia Sotomayor • William Gardner Choate • Pierre Leval • Wilfred Feinberg • John Walker • Barrington Parker • Lawrence Pierce • Addison Brown • George Bethune Adams • George Chandler Holt • Charles Merrill Hough • Learned Hand • Julius Marshuetz Mayer • Augustus Noble Hand • John Clark Knox • Martin Thomas Manton • William Bondy • Henry Warren Goddard • Francis Asbury Winslow • Frank Joseph Coleman • Thomas Day Thacher • Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. • John Munro Woolsey • George Murray Hulbert • John William Clancy • Vincent Leibell • Samuel Mandelbaum • Edward Conger • Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. • Charles Metzner • Arnold Bauman • Alexander Bicks • Dudley Bonsal • Charles Brieant • John Bright • Vincent Broderick • Frederick Bryan • Francis Caffey • John Cannella • Richard Casey • John Cashin • Kenneth Conboy • Irving Cooper • Thomas Croake • Richard Daronco • Archie Dawson • Edward Dimock • David Edelstein • Marvin Frankel • Louis Freeh • Lee Gagliardi • Murray Gurfein • William Herlands • Irving Kaufman • Samuel Kaufman • Percy Knapp • Richard Levet • Mary Lowe • Lloyd MacMahon • Walter Mansfield • John McGohey • Edward McLean • Harold Medina • Constance Motley • Thomas Murphy • Gregory Noonan • Edmund Palmieri • Milton Pollack • Simon Rifkind • Sylvester Ryan • Allen Schwartz • Abraham Sofaer • Charles Stewart • Sidney Sugarman • Charles Tenney • Harold Tyler • Lawrence Walsh • Robert Ward • Edward Weinfeld • Henry Werker • Inzer Wyatt • John S. Martin • John S. Martin, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Kimba Wood • Andrew Peck • Lisa Smith • John Clark Knox • William Bondy • John William Clancy • Charles Brieant • David Edelstein • Lloyd MacMahon • Constance Motley • Sylvester Ryan • Sidney Sugarman • | ||
