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Paul Adam Engelmayer

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Active service.

Confirmed 98 to 0Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
February 2, 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
March 16, 2011
Committee action
Reported (favorably), April 7, 2011
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 98 to 0
Confirmed
July 26, 2011
Commissioned
July 27, 2011
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1961, 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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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Reporter, Wall Street Journal, New York City, 1983-1984
  • Law clerk, Hon. Patricia M. Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1987-1988
  • Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1989-1994, 1996-1999; deputy chief appellate attorney, 1994; chief, Major Crimes Unit, 1996-1999
  • Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1996
  • Private practice, New York City, 2000-2011

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