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Lorna Gail Schofield
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Senior status since January 1, 2025.
Confirmed 91 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- April 25, 2012
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 6, 2012
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 12, 2012
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 91 to 0
- Confirmed
- December 13, 2012
- Commissioned
- December 13, 2012
- Senior status
- Since January 1, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1956, 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
- Private practice, New York City, 1981-1984, 1988-2012
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1984-1988
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