Louis Stanton
| Louis Stanton | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Station: | New York, NY |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 07/18/1985 - 09/30/1996 |
| Senior: | 10/01/1996 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Henry Werker |
| Succeeded by: | Alvin Hellerstein |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1927 |
| Home State: | New York, NY |
| Bachelors: | Yale, B.A., 1950 |
| Law School: | U. of Virginia Law, J.D. and L.L.B., 1955 |
| Military service: | U.S. Marines, Reserves 1950 - 1952 |
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Louis Stanton is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.
Early life and education
Stanton graduated from Yale with his Bachelor's degree in 1950 and later graduated from Virginia Law with his J.D. degree in 1955 and with his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1955. Stanton served as a U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Midshipman from 1945 to 1947 and also became a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve First Lieutenant from 1950 to 1952[1].
Professional career
Stanton spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney in New York City, from 1955 to 1985[1].
Judicial career
Southern district of New York
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Al D'Amato, Stanton was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1985 to a seat vacated by Henry Werker. Stanton was confirmed by the Senate on July 16, 1985 on a senate vote and received commission on October 1, 1996. Stanton was succeeded in this position by Alvin Hellerstein. Stanton later assumed senior status on March 21, 1997[1].
Notable cases
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Madoff associate case
On February 2, 2010, Judge Stanton dismissed civil fraud charges against former Bernie Madoff associate Robert Jaffe on allegations of marketing a Ponzi Scheme. The judge found that the Securities and Exchange Commission did not have enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict Jaffe. Jaffe was alleged of marketing the ponzi scheme that led to Berinie Madoff's conviction in 2009.[2]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Henry Werker |
Southern District of New York 1985–1996 |
Succeeded by: Alvin Hellerstein |
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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 • | ||
