Ronnie Abrams
| Ronnie Abrams | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Approval vote: | 96-2 |
| Active: | 3/22/2012 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Lewis Kaplan |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1968 |
| Home State: | New York, NY |
| Bachelors: | Cornell University, B.A., 1990 |
| Law School: | Yale Law School, J.D., 1993 |
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Early life and education
Abrams received her B.A. in 1990 from Cornell University and her J.D. in 1993 from Yale Law School.[3][1]
Professional career
- Law clerk to the Honorable Thomas P. Griesa 1993-1994
- Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 1994-1998
- Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York 1998-2008
- Special Counsel for Pro Bono at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 2008-2012[3][1]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
| Nomination Tracker | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate: | Ronnie Abrams | |
| Court: | Southern District of New York | |
| Progress: | Confirmed 238 days after nomination. | |
 | Nominated: | July 28, 2011 |
| ABA Rating: | Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified |
| Questionnaire: | Questionnaire |
| Hearing: | October 4, 2011 |
| QFRs: | QFRs |
| Reported: | November 3, 2011 |
| Confirmed: | March 22, 2012 |
| Vote: 96-2 | ||
Abrams was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by President Obama on July 28, 2011.[2] Obama commented on the nomination, telling the press, “I am honored to put forward these highly qualified candidates for the federal bench. They will be distinguished public servants and valuable additions to the United States District Court.”[3]
She was rated Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified by the American Bar Association. She had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary committee on October 4, 2011 and you can find her Committee Questionnaire Available Here and her Questions for the Record Available Here.[4]
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 Ronnie Abrams was confirmed by the United States Senate to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with a vote of 96-2. [5]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Lewis Kaplan |
Southern District of New York 2012–Present |
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 • | ||
