Edgardo Ramos | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office December 6, 2011 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Stephen C. Robinson |
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| Born | 1960 (age 64–65) Ponce,Puerto Rico |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
Edgardo Ramos (born 1960) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Born in Ponce,Puerto Rico,Ramos moved as a child with his mother and six siblings to Newark,New Jersey. [1] He earned a Bachelors of Arts in 1982 from Yale University and a Juris Doctor in 1987 from Harvard Law School. [2] [3]
From 1987 until 1992,Ramos worked in private legal practice as an associate with Simpson Thacher &Bartlett. From 1992 until 2002,he was an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of New York,where he prosecuted cases involving "white-collar fraud,narcotics trafficking,labor racketeering,public corruption,and money laundering." He also served as deputy chief of the Narcotics section. [1] From 2002 until his appointment as a district court judge,Ramos was a partner with the law firm Day Pitney LLP. He also served as a commissioner on the New York City Commission to combat police corruption. [2] [3]
On May 4,2011,President Barack Obama nominated Ramos to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York that had been vacated by Judge Stephen C. Robinson,who resigned in 2010. [4] On September 15,2011,the Senate Judiciary Committee reported his nomination to the Senate floor by a voice vote. The Senate confirmed his nomination on December 5,2011,by a 89–0 vote. [5] He received his commission on December 6,2011. [3]
Ramos came under ethical scrutiny for allegedly violating the Judicial Code of Conduct by failing to disclose financial conflicts of interests in matters he presided over. In September 2021,the Wall Street Journal published an article reporting that more than 131 federal judges had violated their ethical obligations by presiding over matters where they had a financial interest. Ramos was prominently highlighted in the Wall Street Journal piece for presiding over a lawsuit between Exxon Mobil and TIG Insurance Co. over a pollution dispute,while he owned upwards of $50,000 of Exxon stock. [10] Ramos ruled in favor of Exxon Mobil,ordering TIG Insurance Co. to pay Exxon Mobil $28 million in damages as well as $8 million in interest.
Ramos again came under controversy in March 2022,when he failed to disclose a financial interest in a case he was presiding over. Investors had sued major banks,including Barclays and HSBC,accusing them of rigging the foreign bond market. Ramos dismissed the investors' complaint. It was later revealed that he held stock in one of the defendant banks. He subsequently recused himself from the matter,which was taken over by Judge Valerie E. Caproni;she reconsidered the dismissal of the investors' complaint against the banks and allowed the case to proceed. [11]
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