Lorna Schofield

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Tenure

2012 - Present

Years in position

Education

Bachelor's

Indiana University, 1977

Law

New York University Law, 1981

Personal

Birthplace

Fort Wayne, Ind.

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Professional career
* 3 Judicial career
* 3.1 Federal judicial nomination
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

Lorna Schofield is a judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She joined the court in 2012 after a nomination from President Barack Obama. Prior to joining the court, Schofield was a partner in the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City.[1][2]

## Education[edit]

Schofield earned her B.A. from Indiana University in 1977. She went on to attend New York University School of Law, earning her J.D. four years later.[3]

## Professional career[edit]

* 1991-2012: Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
* 1988-1991: Private practice, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
* 1984-1988: Assistant United States attorney, Southern District of New York
* 1981-1984: Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton[3]

## Judicial career[edit]

### Federal judicial nomination[edit]

Nomination Tracker

Nominee Information
Name: Lorna Schofield
Court: Southern District of New York
Progress
Confirmed 232 days after nomination.
ANominated: April 25, 2012
AABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire: Questionnaire
AHearing: June 6, 2012
QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: July 12, 2012
AConfirmed: December 13, 2012

On April 25, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Lorna Schofield to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to fill the vacancy left by Shira Scheindlin.[1] Obama commented on the two nominations:

“  | I am honored to put forward these highly qualified candidates for the federal bench. They will be distinguished public servants and valuable additions to the United States District Court.[3][4] | ”

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Schofield was rated Unanimously Well Qualified by the American Bar Association. She had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 6, 2012.[5]

On December 13, 2012, the United States Senate confirmed Lorna Schofield to an Article III post for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with a vote of 91-0.[2][6]

## See also[edit]

* United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
* United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

## External links[edit]

* United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
* The White House, "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the US District Court" April 25, 2012
* Lorna Schofield at the Federal Judicial Center

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The White House, "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" April 25, 2012
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Senate Judiciary Committee, "Report on the Activities of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 112th Congress," accessed July 22, 2015
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The White House, "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the US District Court," April 25, 2012
4. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
5. ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "112th Congress Nomination Materials," accessed April 23, 2014
6. ↑ United States Senate, "United States Periodic Press Gallery," accessed July 22, 2015

Political offices

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Active judges|

Chief Judge: Laura Swain • Paul Gardephe • Kenneth Karas • John Koeltl • Cathy Seibel • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelson S. Roman • Analisa Torres • J. Paul Oetken • Vincent L. Briccetti • Paul A. Engelmayer • Edgardo Ramos • Jesse Furman • Ronnie Abrams • Lorna Schofield • Katherine Failla • Valerie Caproni • Vernon Broderick • Gregory Howard Woods • Mary Kay Vyskocil • Lewis Liman • Philip Halpern • John Cronan (New York)

Senior judges|

Victor Marrero • Kimba Wood • Richard Berman • Naomi Buchwald • Kevin Castel • Denise Cote • Paul Crotty • George Daniels • Charles Haight • Alvin Hellerstein • Lewis Kaplan • John Keenan (New York) • Lawrence McKenna • Colleen McMahon • Loretta Preska • Jed Rakoff • Louis Stanton • Sidney Stein •

Magistrate judges|  Kevin Fox • Debra Freeman • Martin Goldberg • Gabriel Gorenstein • Paul Davison • James L. Cott • Sarah Netburn • Judith C. McCarthy • Barbara Moses • Katharine Parker • Stewart Aaron • Robert Lehrburger • Ona Wang • Sarah Cave • Andrew Krause • Jennifer Willis •
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Michael Mukasey • Morris Lasker • Harold Baer • Deborah Batts • Robert Carter (New York) • Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum • Denny Chin • William Conner • Thomas Griesa • Richard Holwell • Barbara Jones • Shirley Kram • Peter Leisure • Gerard Lynch • Richard Owen • Robert Patterson (New York) • William Pauley • Stephen Robinson (New York) • Shira Scheindlin • John Sprizzo • Richard Sullivan (New York) • Robert Sweet • William Peter Van Ness • Samuel Rossiter Betts • Samuel Blatchford • Sonia Sotomayor • William Gardner Choate • Pierre Leval • Wilfred Feinberg • John Walker (New York) • Barrington Parker • Lawrence Pierce • Addison Brown • George Bethune Adams • George Chandler Holt • Charles Merrill Hough • Learned Hand • Julius Marshuetz Mayer • Augustus Noble Hand • John Clark Knox • Martin Thomas Manton • William Bondy • Henry Warren Goddard • Francis Asbury Winslow • Frank Joseph Coleman • Thomas Day Thacher • Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. • John Munro Woolsey • George Murray Hulbert • John William Clancy • Vincent Leibell (New York judge) • Samuel Mandelbaum • Edward Conger • Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. • Kevin Duffy • Gerard Goettel • Charles Metzner • Arnold Bauman • Alexander Bicks • Dudley Bonsal • Charles Brieant • John Bright • Vincent Broderick • Frederick Bryan • Francis Caffey • John Cannella • Richard Casey • John Cashin • Kenneth Conboy • Irving Cooper • Thomas Croake • Richard Daronco • Archie Dawson • Edward Dimock • David Edelstein • Marvin Frankel • Louis Freeh • Lee Gagliardi • Murray Gurfein • William Herlands • Irving Kaufman • Samuel Kaufman • Percy Knapp • Richard Levet • Mary Lowe • Lloyd MacMahon • Walter Mansfield • John McGohey • Edward McLean • Harold Medina • Constance Motley • Gregory Noonan • Edmund Palmieri • Milton Pollack • Simon Rifkind • Sylvester Ryan • Allen Schwartz • Abraham Sofaer • Charles Stewart • Sidney Sugarman • Charles Tenney • Harold Tyler • Lawrence Walsh (New York judge) • Robert Ward • Edward Weinfeld • Henry Werker • Inzer Wyatt • John S. Martin • Thomas Francis Murphy (New York) • Alison J. Nathan • Katherine Forrest •

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Kimba Wood • Colleen McMahon • Loretta Preska • Lisa Smith (New York) • John Clark Knox • William Bondy • John William Clancy • Charles Brieant • David Edelstein • Lloyd MacMahon • Constance Motley • Sylvester Ryan • Sidney Sugarman •

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