Naomi Buchwald
| Naomi Buchwald | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #15 |
| Station: | New York, NY |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 09/22/1999 - 3/21/2012 |
| Senior: | 3/21/2012 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum |
| Succeeded by: | Analisa Torres |
| Past post: | Southern District of New York, Magistrate Judge |
| Past chief: | 1994 - 1999 |
| Past term: | 1980 - 1999 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1944 |
| Home State: | Kingston, NY |
| Bachelors: | Brandeis U., B.A., 1965 |
| Law School: | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1968 |
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Early life and education
Buchwald graduated from Brandeis with her Bachelor's Degree in 1965 and with her law degree from Columbia Law in 1968.
Professional career
Buchwald became a private practice attorney in New York City from 1968 to 1973 before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office as Assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1973 to 1980.
Judicial career
Article III judgeship
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Monyihan Batts was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 12, 1999 to a seat vacated by Richard Owen as Owen assumed senior status. Buchwald was confirmed by the US Senate on September 13, 1999 on a majority voice vote and received commission on September 22, 1999.[2] She assumed senior status on March 21, 2012.
Magistrate judgeship
Buchwald began her Federal judicial career with the Southern District of New York as a federal magistrate judge. Buchwald was first appointed to a full eight year term in 1980 and was later re-appointed in 1988 and 1996 before being elevated to an Article III judgeship in 1999.
Notable cases
The notable case section on this page needs to be reformatted.
Anthony Seminerio case
Judge Buchwald was the presiding judge in the case of former New York Assembly member Anthony Seminerio. Seminerio was convicted in federal court for rigging $1 million of payments towards individuals and contractors doing business with state government. On February 4, 2010, Judge Buchwald sentenced the former New York Assembly member to six years in prison.[3]
See also
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
External links
- Judge Buchwald's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center
- List of Article III judges of the Southern District of New York
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Buchwald
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum |
Southern District of New York 1999–2012 |
Succeeded by: Analisa Torres |
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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 | ||
