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Joanna Seybert
Joanna Seybert is a federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She joined the court in 1993 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Seybert assumed senior status on January 13, 2014.[1]
Education
Seybert graduated from University of Cincinnati with her bachelor's degree in 1967 and also graduated from St. John`s University School of Law with her J.D. in 1971.[1]
Professional career
- 1992-1993: Judge, Nassau County Court
- 1987-1991: Judge, Nassau County District Court
- 1980-1987: Bureau chief, Nassau County Attorney's Office
- 1979: Attorney, private practice
- 1976-1979: Senior staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of Nassau County
- 1976: Attorney, private practice
- 1973-1975: Attorney, Federal Defender Services of Legal Aid Society of Brooklyn
- 1971-1973: Trial attorney, Legal Aid Society of New York City[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of New York
On the recommendation of New York U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Seybert was nominated by President Bill Clinton on September 24, 1993, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. Seybert was confirmed by the Senate on November 20, 1993, on a majority voice vote and received commission on November 24, 1993.[2] After twenty years on the bench Seybert assumed senior status in 2014.[1]
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- Federal judges nominated by Bill Clinton
External links
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, "Judge Info"
- Joanna Seybert biography at the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Joanna Seybert biography at the Federal Judicial Center]
- ↑ THOMAS, "Nomination of Joanna Seybert," accessed June 10, 2015 (Search for Joanna Seybert)
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Eastern District of New York 1993–2014 |
Succeeded by: Joan Azrack
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Margo Brodie • Roslynn Mauskopf • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Ann M. Donnelly • Pamela Ki Mai Chen • Gary R. Brown (Federal judge) • LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall • Diane Gujarati • Eric Komitee • Rachel Kovner • Sanket Bulsara • Hector Gonzalez (New York) • Nina Morrison • Nusrat Choudhury • Natasha Merle • Orelia Merchant | ||
| Senior judges |
Raymond Dearie • Leo Glasser • Denis Hurley • Edward Korman • Carol Amon • Brian Cogan • Nicholas Garaufis • Nina Gershon • Dora Irizarry • Kiyo Matsumoto • Allyne Ross • Joanna Seybert • Eric Vitaliano • Joan Azrack • Frederic Block • William Kuntz • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Arlene Lindsay • Roanne Mann • Cheryl Pollak • Ramon Reyes, Jr. • Vera Scanlon • Steven Locke • Peggy Kuo • Steven Tiscione • Anne Shields • James Wicks • James R. Cho • Taryn A. Merkl • Marcia Henry • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Sterling Johnson • Thomas Platt • Charles Sifton • Arthur Spatt • David Trager • Jack Weinstein • Leonard Wexler • Joseph Bianco • Sandra Feuerstein • John Gleeson • Sandra Townes • Frank Altimari • Charles Linnaeus Benedict • Joseph McLaughlin (Second Circuit) • Reena Raggi • George Pratt • Asa Wentworth Tenney • Edward Beers Thomas • Thomas Chatfield • Van Vechten Veeder • Edwin Louis Garvin • Marcus Beach Campbell • Robert Alexander Inch • Grover Moscowitz • Mortimer Byers • Clarence Galston • Matthew Abruzzo • John Bartels • Frederic Block • Henry Bramwell • Walter Bruchhausen • Mark Costantino • John Dooling • Orrin Judd • Jacob Mishler • Edward Neaher • Eugene Nickerson • Leo Rayfiel • George Rosling • Anthony Travia • Joseph Zavatt • Harold Kennedy (New York) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Raymond Dearie • Edward Korman • Thomas Platt • Charles Sifton • Jack Weinstein • Carol Amon • Dora Irizarry • Roslynn Mauskopf • Robert Alexander Inch • Walter Bruchhausen • Jacob Mishler • Joseph Zavatt • | ||
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