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American judge (born 1956)
Lorna Gail Tiangco Schofield [1] United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York .
Biography
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Schofield was born January 22, 1956,[2] New Haven, Indiana , and graduated from New Haven Senior High School in 1974. She was elected as Governor of Hoosier Girls State , a program of the American Legion Auxiliary, in 1973. Schofield received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in 1977. She received her Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1981.
From 1981 to 1984, she was an associate at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton . From 1984 to 1988, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, prosecuting domestic terrorism, smuggling and tax fraud. She became an associate at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City in 1988 and was promoted to partner in 1991. She specialized in complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense .
In addition, she has been heavily involved with the American Bar Association , holding a number of leadership positions, including Chair of the Section on Litigation.[3] [4]
Federal judicial service
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On April 25, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Schofield to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin . Schofield is the first Filipino American in the history of the United States to serve as an Article III federal judge.[5] [6] [7] [8] [4]
See also
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References
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^ "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the US District Court" . whitehouse.gov Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2021 – via National Archives .
^ a b Lorna G. Schofield at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Federal Judicial Center .
^ "National Asian Pacific American Bar Association" . Archived from the original on February 23, 2012.
^ "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee" . Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2012 .
^ "Judicial Nominations Materials: 112th Congress" . Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012 .
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Lorna G. Schofield, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge)" . Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022 .
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