Richard Mark Gergel
| Richard Mark Gergel | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #9 |
| Station: | Charleston, SC |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Active: | 08/9/2010 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Henry Herlong |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1954 |
| Home State: | Columbia, SC |
| Undergraduate: | Duke U., B.A., 1975 |
| Law School: | Duke U., J.D., 1979 |
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Richard Mark Gergel (b. August 15, 1954) is a judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He was confirmed to the court by the Senate on August 5, 2010.
Early life and education
Gergel attended Oxford University and Duke University, and received his B.A. in 1975 from Duke. He earned his J.D. from Duke University in 1979. [1][2]
Professional career
Gergal was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1980. [2] He joined the firm Medlock and Davis after graduation, and the firm Gergel, Nickles and Solomon, P.A in 1983. He became a partner and stayed at this firm until joining the court in 2010. [3]
Judicial career
District of South Carolina
Gergel was nominated for a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina by President Obama on December 22, 2009. The President said he would be an "esteemed addition to the federal bench for the people of South Carolina". [3]
Gergel received a rating of "Unanimously Well Qualified" from the American Bar Association. [4]
Judiciary Committee hearing
Gergal had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 16, 2010. [5] He was reported to the Senate on May 6, 2010.
Gergel was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 5, 2010. [6]
Notable cases
South Carolina immigration law
| In December 2011, U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel blocked portions of South Carolina's Immigration law, ruling that the law infringed upon the powers granted to the United States federal government. Gergel determined that measures, including requiring police officers to check residency status and making it a felony for anyone to harbor or transport an illegal immigrant, fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government. The judge argued that the "state-mandated scrutiny is without consideration of federal enforcement priorities and unquestionably vastly expands the persons targeted for immigration enforcement action."[7] |
Awards and associations
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Member, Editorial Board, Duke Law Journal, 1978-1979
- President: South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society, 1998-2000
- South Carolina Jewish Historical Society, 1998-2000
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation
- Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference [1][2]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
- News: Conservation groups fight deepening of Savannah River shipping channel, June 20, 2012
External links
- Biography on the Federal Judicial Center
- CBS News "Federal judge halts key parts of SC immigrant law", December 22, 2011
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gergal Profile from Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, P.A.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Attorney Profiles from Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, P.A.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 White House Press Release "President Obama Nominates Judge J. Michelle Childs, Richard Mark Gergel to District Court Bench for the District of South Carolina", December 22, 2009
- ↑ Judicial Nomination Materials
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting Notice, April 16, 2010
- ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress
- ↑ Reuters, "Judge blocks parts of South Carolina immigration law", 12/22/2011
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Henry Herlong |
District of South Carolina 2010–Current Seat #9 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2009 |
Gerard Lynch • David Hamilton • Sonia Sotomayor • Andre Davis • D.P. Marshall • Richard Seeborg • Jeffrey Viken • Charlene Honeywell • Irene Berger • Roberto Lange • Christina Reiss • Dolly Gee • Jacqueline Nguyen • Abdul Kallon • William Conley • Nancy D. Freudenthal • Gloria M. Navarro • Florence Pan • | ||
| 2010 |
Barbara Keenan • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Denny Chin • Leonard Stark • Joseph Greenaway • Thomas Vanaskie • Mark Goldsmith • Elena Kagan • Beverly Martin • Mary Murguia • Ellen Hollander • James Wynn • Jane Magnus-Stinson • Susan Richard Nelson • Audrey Fleissig • Timothy S. Black • James Bredar • Sharon Coleman • Leslie Kobayashi • Kimberly Mueller • Catherine Eagles • Benita Pearson • Jane Stranch • O. Rogeriee Thompson • Rosanna Peterson • Albert Diaz • Brian Jackson • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Josephine S. Tucker • Lucy H. Koh • Marisa Demeo • Tanya Walton Pratt • Jon E. DeGuilio • Elizabeth Erny Foote • Marc Thomas Treadwell • Gary Feinerman • William J. Martinez • Scott Matheson • Raymond Lohier • Todd E. Edelman • John A. Gibney • Edmond E. Chang • Carlton W. Reeves • Denise Casper • Robert Leon Wilkins • Beryl A. Howell • Maria Elizabeth Raffinan • | ||
| 2011 |
Sue Myerscough • James Graves • Bernice Donald • Christopher Droney • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Henry Floyd • Morgan Christen • Evan Wallach • [[Diana Salda�a|Diana Salda�a]] • Michael Urbanski • Cathy Bissoon • Anthony J. Battaglia • Edward Chen • Sharon L. Gleason • Marco A. Hernandez • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Timothy M. Cain • Scott W. Skavdahl • John A. Ross • Robert N. Scola, Jr. • John A. Kronstadt • Edward J. Davila • R. Brooke Jackson • James E. Boasberg • James E. Shadid • Steve C. Jones • John McConnell • Amy Totenberg • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Paul K. Holmes • Susan L. Carney • Max O. Cogburn, Jr. • Amy B. Jackson • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Michael H. Simon • Kathleen M. Williams • Marina Marmolejo • Susan Hickey • Mae A. D'Agostino • Jimmie V. Reyna • Robert David Mariani • Ramona V. Manglona • J. Paul Oetken • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Mark Raymond Hornak • Vincent L. Briccetti • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Sara Lynn Darrow • Kevin Hunter Sharp • Paul A. Engelmayer • Wilma Lewis • Nancy Torresen • Alison J. Nathan • Corinne Ann Beckwith • William Kuntz • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Dana Christensen • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Stephen Higginson • Richard G. Andrews • James Gilstrap • Jennifer Zipps • Ronnie Abrams • Jennifer Di Toro • Yvonne Williams • | ||
| Unconfirmed |
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