Leonard D. Wexler

Leonard D. Wexler (born November 11, 1924)^[1] is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.

He served with the United States Army in World War II, landing in France in August of 1944. He served with an anti tank unit and was wounded by shrapnel a few days prior to the battle of the Bulge. For his service he was awarded two bronze stars and two purple hearts. Wexler received a B.S. from Indiana University in 1947 and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1950. He was nominated to the court by Ronald Reagan on May 11, 1983, to a seat vacated by George C. Pratt, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 22, 1983, and received his commission on June 22, 1983. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1994.

References

↑ The American Bench. Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates. 2001. p. 1812.

External links

Leonard D. Wexler at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Current senior district judges within the Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Connecticut	Eginton Covello Squatrito Arterton

E. New York	Weinstein Platt Glasser Wexler Korman Dearie Spatt Johnson Hurley Seybert Block Ross Gershon Garaufis Feuerstein Townes

N. New York	McAvoy Scullin Kahn Mordue Sharpe

S. New York	Griesa Duffy Owen Haight Sweet Sand Keenan Stanton Wood McKenna Batts Cote Kaplan Scheindlin Stein Rakoff Berman Hellerstein Buchwald Marrero Crotty

W. New York	Curtin Telesca Larimer Arcara Skretny Siragusa

Vermont	Murtha Sessions

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 167798910 LCCN: no2011019845

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