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Gerard E. Lynch
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Senior status since September 5, 2016.
Confirmed 94 to 3Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- April 2, 2009
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 12, 2009
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 11, 2009
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 94 to 3
- Confirmed
- September 17, 2009
- Commissioned
- September 18, 2009
- Senior status
- Since September 5, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Appointed by William J. Clinton; commissioned ; Senate vote 63 to 36. Service ended September 21, 2009: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1975-1976
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977
- Professor, Columbia University School of Law, 1977-2000; vice dean, 1992-1997
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1980-1983, 1990-1992; chief, Criminal Division, 1990-1992
- Associate counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, Iran-Contra investigation, 1988-1990
- Private practice, New York City, 1992-2000
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