Lorna G. Schofield

Lorna Schofield

Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office December 13, 2012
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Shira Scheindlin
Personal details
Born	(1956-01-22) January 22, 1956 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Indiana University, Bloomington Brown University New York University

Lorna Gail Schofield (born January 22, 1956) is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Biography

Schofield was born January 22, 1956^[1] and grew up in New Haven, Indiana and graduated from New Haven Senior High School in 1974. She was elected as Governor of Hoosier Girls State, a program of the American Legion Auxiliary, in 1973.

Schofield received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University in 1977. She received her Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1981. From 1981 to 1984, she was an associate at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. From 1984 to 1988, she served as an assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, prosecuting domestic terrorism, smuggling and tax fraud. She became an associate at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City in 1988 and was promoted to partner in 1991. She specialized in complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. In addition, she has been heavily involved with the American Bar Association, holding a number of leadership positions, including Chair of the Section on Litigation.^[2]

Federal judicial service

On April 25, 2012, President Obama nominated Schofield to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin. Schofield is the first Filipino American in the history of the United States to serve as an Article III federal judge.^[3] Schofield testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on June 6, 2012.^[4] The committee reported Schofield's nomination to the full U.S. Senate on July 12, 2012.^[5] The U.S. Senate confirmed Schofield on December 13, 2012 in a 91-0 vote. She received her commission on December 13, 2012.^[6]

References

External links

Lorna G. Schofield at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Shira Scheindlin	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 2012–present	Incumbent

Currently active district judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Connecticut	Hall Chatigny Thompson Underhill Bryant Shea Meyer Bolden

E. New York	Amon Irizarry Bianco Vitaliano Cogan Mauskopf Matsumoto Kuntz Brodie Chen Azrack Donnelly Hall 2 seats vacant

N. New York	Suddaby Hurd D'Agostino Sannes 1 seat vacant

S. New York	Preska Koeltl McMahon Pauley Daniels Swain Castel Karas Sullivan Seibel Gardephe Briccetti Oetken Engelmayer Forrest Nathan Ramos Carter Furman Abrams Schofield Failla Torres Roman Broderick Woods Caproni 1 seat vacant

W. New York	Geraci Wolford Vilardo 1 seat vacant

Vermont	Reiss Crawford

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