Gary L. Sharpe

Gary Sharpe
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2016
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
In office December 16, 2011 – August 31, 2015
Preceded by	Norman A. Mordue
Succeeded by	Glenn T. Suddaby
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
In office January 29, 2004 – January 1, 2016
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas James McAvoy
Succeeded by	vacant
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
In office 1997–2004
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 68–69) Cortland, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	University at Buffalo Cornell Law School

Gary Lawrence Sharpe (born 1947) is a Senior district court judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Judge Sharpe graduated from the University at Buffalo with a B.A. in 1971 and Cornell Law School with a J.D. in 1974. He was United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York from 1992 to 1994. He was nominated to the court by George W. Bush on April 28, 2003, to a seat vacated by Thomas J. McAvoy, confirmed by the Senate on January 28, 2004, and received his commission on January 29, 2004. He served as Chief Judge from December 16, 2011 until August 31, 2015. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2016.

Sources

• Gary L. Sharpe at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.