Paul A. Engelmayer | |
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 Engelmayer in 2017 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office July 27, 2011 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Gerard E. Lynch |
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| Born | April 12,1961 New York City,New York,U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (AB,JD) |
Paul Adam Engelmayer (born April 12,1961) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Born and grew up in New York City,Engelmayer attended Harvard College,where he studied Government and was the Editorial Chairman of The Harvard Crimson [1] In 1983,he graduated Harvard summa cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. [1] Immediately after college,Engelmayer spent a year working as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in the paper's Philadelphia bureau. He then attended Harvard Law School,where he was treasurer of the Harvard Law Review ,and graduated magna cum laude in 1987. [2] After law school,Engelmayer clerked for Judge Patricia Wald on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1987 until 1988, [2] and then for Justice Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until 1989. [2] [3]
From 1989 until 1994,Engelmayer served as a federal prosecutor for the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1989 until 1994,and as the Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney in 1994. [4]
From 1994 until 1996,Engelmayer served as an Assistant to the United States Solicitor General Drew S. Days III in Washington D.C. [2] In that role,he argued over 20 appellate cases,including four before the U.S. Supreme Court. [5]
In 1996,Engelmayer returned to the United States Attorney's Office in Manhattan,serving as the Chief of the Major Crimes Unit. [2] He led the prosecution of Lawrence X. Cusack III,who created and sold $7 million worth of forged documents claiming that President John F. Kennedy paid hush money to conceal a supposed affair with Marilyn Monroe. [6] Engelmayer also received the U.S. Attorney's Director's Award for Superior Performance in 1998 in connection with his prosecution of William F. Duker,a prominent New York City lawyer who defrauded the FDIC and the Resolution Trust Corporation of $1.4 million in overbillings. [4] [7]
In 2000,Engelmayer joined the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Manhattan as a partner. [2] He was the partner in charge of the New York office from 2005 until he was appointed as a federal judge in 2011. [3]
Engelmayer is an elected member of the American Law Institute. [8] He has lectured or taught at numerous law schools and professional conferences. [4]
On February 2,2011,President Barack Obama nominated Engelmayer to fill the judicial seat vacated by Judge Gerard E. Lynch,who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [9] The American Bar Association rated Engelmayer as Unanimously Well Qualified. [10] On March 16,2011,Engelmayer attended a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [11] On March 31,2011,Senator Charles Grassley placed Engelmayer's nomination on hold,along with two other nominations. [12] Grassley later lifted the holds,and the Senate Judiciary Committee referred Engelmayer's nomination to the full Senate. [13] On July 26,2011,the Senate confirmed Engelmayer by a 98–0 vote. [14] He received his commission on July 27,2011. [3]
Engelmayer was the judge in the racketeering case of Daniel Hernandez,better known as American rapper 6ix9ine. He sentenced 6ix9ine to 24 months in prison with time served,five years of supervised release,and 300 hours of community service. [15]
Engelmayer and his wife,Emily Mandelstam,who are both Jewish,live in Manhattan. [16] Engelmayer and Mandelstam have two children,Caroline and William. Engelmayer is a fan of the New York Yankees. [17]
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