Joan Lenard
| Joan Lenard | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #6 |
| Station: | Miami, FL |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 12/26/1995 - Present |
| Preceded by: | James King |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1952 |
| Home State: | Amityville, NY |
| Bachelors: | Roger Williams University, B.A., 1973 |
| Law School: | Antioch Law (U. of the District of Columbia), J.D., 1976 |
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Early life and education
Born in Amityville, New York, Lenard graduated from Rockland Community College with her Associate's Degree in 1972 and obtained her Bachelor's Degree from Roger Williams College in 1973. Lenard later graduated from Antioch School of Law with her Juris Doctor degree in 1976.[1]
Professional career
Lenard served as the Assistant State Attorney in the State Attorney's Office of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Dade County from 1976-1982. Lenard then became Chief Assistant State's Attorney of the Consumer Fraud Division from 1978 to 1980. In 1980, Lenard was Chief Prosecutor for the Consumer and Economic Crime Division of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida until 1982. In 1982, Lenard was Associate Judge of the Dade County Court until 1993 when she was appointed Circuit Court Judge in the Family Division of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida.[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Florida
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Bob Graham, Lenard was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by President Bill Clinton on September 29, 1995 to a seat vacated by James King as King went on senior status. Lenard was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 22, 1995 on a Senate vote and received commission on December 26, 1995.[2]
Notable cases
Cuban spy case
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida *US v. Campa 529 F. 3d 980 |
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| Judge Lenard presided in a case in which a convicted Cuban spy got his original life in prison sentence reduced on October 12, 2009. The hearing came after the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the sentence imposed on Antonio Guerrero, who was convicted of spying on the United States in 2001. Both the defense and prosecution agreed to a 20 year reduced sentence which the judge approved during a hearing[3] [4]. On December 8, 2009, federal prosecutors recommended that Ramón Labañino should be sentenced to thirty years in prison after the Eleventh Circuit's order to re-sentence Labañino.[5] On December 9, 2009, Judge Lenard sentenced Labañino to thirty years in prison, matching the prosecutor's recommendation.[6] |
Sears Tower Attack
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida *USA v. Batiste, et al 06-20373-CR-Lenard |
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| Judge Lenard was the presiding judge in the case of six Miami area men who were accused of trying to destroy the Sears (now Willis) Tower in Chicago. [7] [8] [9]. On November 20, 2009, Judge Lenard sentenced the ringleader of the terror plot, Narseal Batiste to thirteen and a half years in federal prison. Batistie's co-conspirators received sentences between five and eight years.[10] |
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Lenard Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Joan Lenard USDC, SDFL confirmation:PN659-104
- ↑ "New York Times" Judge Reduces Sentence for One of Cuban Five, October 13, 2009
- ↑ "Associated Press" Cuban spy seeks 20 year reduced sentence, October 13, 2009
- ↑ "Miami Herald" Cuban spy's sentence may be reduced to 30 years, December 8, 2009
- ↑ "JURIST" Federal judge reduces 'Cuban Five' spying sentences, December 9, 2009
- ↑ Georgetown Law Center on National Security and the Law Archive of Media Reports on USA v. Batiste, et al
- ↑ Jury Verdict USDC, SDFL
- ↑ "Washington Post" 5 Miami Men Convicted of Attempting to bomb Sears Tower, May 12, 2009
- ↑ "New York Times" Florida: Sentencing in Tower Plot, November 20, 2009
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James King |
Southern District of Florida 1995–Current Seat #6 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
