New York

Philip M. Halpern, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Nominated: November 13, 2018
  • Renominated: January 23, 2019
  • Confirmed: February 12, 2020
  • Age: 62
• Career
  • Managing Partner, Collier Halpern & Newberg, LLP
  • Adjunct Professor, Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
• Education
  • Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, J.D. (1980)
  • Fordham University, B.S. (1977)
    • magna cum laude
• Clerkship
  • Judge Irving Ben Cooper,United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1980)
• Links
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • https://www.chnnb.com/attorneys/philip-m-halpern

Gary R. Brown, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Renominated: May 21, 2019
  • Nominated: May 15, 2018
  • Nominated: July 30, 2015
  • Confirmed: December 19, 2019
• Career
  • United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2011 – present)
  • Adjunct Professor, St. John’s University School of Law (2014 – present)
  • CA Technologies (2005 – 2011)
    • Chief Compliance Officer (2009 – 2011)
    • Chief Counsel for Litigation (2007 – 2011)
    • Associate General Counsel & Director of Litigation (2006 – 2007)
    • Senior Counsel (2005 – 2006)
  • United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Long Island Criminal Division (1996 – 2005)
    • Assistant United States Attorney (1996 – 2005)
    • Chief (2003 – 2005)
    • Deputy Chief (2001 – 2003)
    • Director’s Award for Superior Performance, Executive Office for United States Attorneys (2001, 2003)
    • Prosecutor of the Year Award, National Law Enforcement Association (2000)
  • United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Civil Division (1989 – 1996)
    • Assistant United States Attorney (1989 – 1996)
    • Affirmative Litigation Coordinator (1994 – 1996)
    • Director’s Award for Superior Performance, Executive Office for United States Attorneys (1993)
  • Adjunct Professor, New York Law School (2001 – 2005)
• Education
  • Yale Law School, J.D. (1988)
  • Columbia College, A.B. (1985)
    • summa cum laude
• Clerkships
  • Judge Jacob Mishler, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York(1988 – 1989)
• Links
• • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/content/magistrate-judge-gary-r-brown
  • https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/30/president-obama-nominates-seven-serve-united-states-district-courts

Diane Gujarati, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Renominated: May 21, 2019
  • Nominated: May 15, 2018
  • Nominated: September 13, 2016
  • Confirmed: September 10, 2020
  • Age: 48 – 50
• Career
  • United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (1999 – present)
    • Criminal Division (1999 – present)
      • Assistant United States Attorney (1999 – present)
      • Deputy Chief (2012 – present)
      • Deputy Chief, Appeals Unit (2006 – 2008)
    • White Plains Division (2008 – 2012)
      • Chief (unavailable)
      • Deputy Chief (unavailable)
    • Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law, New York University School of Law (unavailable– 2018)
    • Litigation Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (1996 – 1999)
• Education
  • Yale Law School, J.D. (1995)
    • Yale Law Journal, Editor
    • Yale Journal on Regulation, Editor
  • Barnard College of Columbia University, B.A. (1990)
    • summa cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa
• Clerkships
  • Judge John M. Walker, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit(1995 – 1996)
• Links
• • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/13/president-obama-nominates-diane-gujarati-serve-united-states-district
  • http://www.law.nyu.edu/corporatecompliance/board-of-advisors/gujarati

Eric R. Komitee, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• Nomination
• • Renominated: May 21, 2019
  • Nominated: May 15, 2018
  • Confirmed: December 2, 2019
• Career
• • General Counsel, Viking Global Investors LP (unavailable– present)
  • Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York (2000 – 2008)
    • Chief, Business and Securities Fraud Section (unavailable)
  • Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom (1998 – 2000)
    • Government Enforcement and White Collar Crime Group
  • Associate, Cravath Swaine & Moore (1996 – 1998)
    • Corporate Practice Group
• Education
• • New York University School of Law, J.D. (unavailable)
    • cum laude
    • NYU Law Review, Senior Notes and Comments Editor
  • Emory University, B.A. (1992)
    • With high honors
    • Phi Beta Kappa
• Clerkships
• • Judge J.L. Edmondson, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit(unavailable)
• Links
• • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • https://www.pli.edu/Content/Faculty/Eric_R_Komitee/_/N-4oZ1z137rn

Rachel P. Kovner, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Renominated: May 21, 2019
  • Nominated: May 15, 2018
  • Confirmed: October 16th, 2019
  • Age: 40
• Career
  • Assistant to the Solicitor General, Solicitor General’s Office, United States Department of Justice (2013 – present)
  • Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York (unavailable)
  • Temple Bar Scholar, American Inns of Court (2008)
  • Bristow Fellow, Solicitor General’s Office (unavailable)
• Education
  • Stanford Law School, J.D. (2006)
    • Graduated first in class
    • Order of the Coif
    • Stanford Law Review, Senior Articles Editor
  • Harvard College, A.B. (2001)
    • magna cum laude
    • Dana Reed Prize
• Clerkships
  • Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States (2007 – 2008)
  • Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit(unavailable)
• Links
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • http://innsofcourt.org/Content/Default.aspx?Id=3103

Saritha Komatireddy, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Nominated: May 4, 2020
• Career
  • Deputy Chief of General Crimes, United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York [2013 – present]
    • Acting Deputy Chief, International Narcotics and Money Laundering [ 2018 – 2019]
    • Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Coordinator [2016 – 2019]
  • Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School [2014 – 2019]
  • Associate, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC [2011 -2013]
  • Counsel, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Offshore Drilling [2010 – 2011]
• Education
  • Harvard Law School; J.D.
    • magna cum laude
    • Harvard Law Review
  • Harvard University; B.A.
    • cum laude
• Clerkships
  • • Judge Brett Kavanaugh, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [2009 – 2010]
• Links
• • • https://ballotpedia.org/Saritha_Komatireddy

Hector Gonzales, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Nominated: September 8, 2020
• Career
  • Partner, Dechert. LLP [2011 – present]
  • Partner, Mayer Brown [1999 – 2011]
  • Assistant United Sates Attorney, Southern District of New York [1994 – 1999]
    • Chief of the Narcotics Unit
  • Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office [1990 – 1994]
  • Associate, Rogers & Wells [1988 – 1990]
• Education
  • City University of New York; M.A. [1995]
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School; J.D. [1988]
  • Manhattan College; B.S. [1985]
• Associations
  • Board of Directors, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest [2003-2018]
    • Board chair [2012-2014]
    • Chair, Litigation & Program Committee [2008-2012] 
    • Board secretary [2006-2008] 
  • Board of Trustees, The Climate Museum [2015-present]
  • Member, New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board [2000-2006]
    • Chairman [2002-2006] 
  • Board of trustees, Manhattan College [2004-2009] 
  • Board of directors, LatinoJustice (PRLDEF) [2002-2005]
  • New York City Bar, Council on Criminal Justice [2009-2012]
    • Nominating Committee [2005] 
    • Criminal Advocacy Committee [2004-2007] 
• Links
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Hector_Gonzalez_(New_York)

David C. Woll, Jr., United Sates District Court For The Eastern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Nominated: September 8, 2020
• Career
  • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development [2017 – present]
  • Senior Counsel, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
  • Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern District of New York and the District of Columbia
  • Counsel, United States Deputy Attorney General
  • Senior Counsel, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Managing Counsel, Bank of New York Mellon
• Education
  • University of Virginia School of Law; J.D.
  • University of Maryland; B.A.
    • magna cum laude
• Links
• • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-081220/

Thomas Marcelle, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Nominated: November 13, 2018
  • Renominated: January 23, 2019
  • Age: 56
• Career
  • Judge, Cohoes City Court, Albany, NY (2016 – Present)
  • Albany County Attorney (2012 – 2016)
  • Counsel, Republican Minority of Albany County’s Legislature (2002 – 2011)
  • Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (unknown)
• Education
  • Cornell Law School, J.D.(1988)
    • magna cum laude
    • Editor, Cornell Law Review
  • Bowdoin College, B.A. (1984)
• Links
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-eighteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-eighteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Thomas_Marcelle
  • https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Marcelle-seen-in-line-for-federal-judgeship-12889507.php

Ryan McAllister, United States Court for the Northern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Nominated: September 8, 2020
• Career
  • Counsel, Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP [2019 – present]
  • District Director for U.S. Representative John Faso [2017 – 2019]
  • Owner, Law Office of Ryan T. McAllister [2013 – 2016]
  • Senior Counsel, New York State Senate Office of Majority Counsel & Program [2011 – 2016]
  • Associate, Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP [2007 – 2011]
  • Assistant Counsel, Office of Counsel to Governor George Pataki [2004 – 2006]
• Education
  • Harvard Law School; J.D. [2002]
    • cum laude
  • The Catholic University of America; B.A.
    • summa cum laude
• Links
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Ryan_McAllister

Lewis J. Liman, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Renominated: May 21, 2019
  • Nominated: May 15, 2018
  • Confirmed: December 19, 2019
• Career
  • Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (2003 – present)
  • Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (unavailable)
  • Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (unavailable)
    • Deputy Chief of Appeals (unavailable)
  • Attorney, N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (unavailable)
• Education
  • Yale Law School, J.D. (1987)
    • Yale Law Journal, Articles Editor
    • Yale Journal of International Law, Editor
  • London School of Economics, M.Sc. (1984)
    • With distinction
  • Harvard College, B.A. (1983)
    • magna cum laude
• Clerkships
  • Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States (1989 – 1990)
  • Judge Pierre N. Leval, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York(1987 – 1988)
• Links
• • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • https://www.clearygottlieb.com/professionals/lewis-j-liman

Mary Kay Vyskocil, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Nomination
• • Renominated: May 21, 2019
  • Nominated: May 15, 2018
  • Confirmed: December 19, 2019
• Career
• • United States Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of New York (2016 – present)
  • Litigation Department, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP (1983 – 2016)
    • Partner (1991 – 2016)
    • Litigation Associate (1983 – unavailable)
• Education
• • John’s University School of Law, J.D. (1983)
    • Moot Court Executive Board
    • National Moot Court Team
  • Dominican College of Blauvelt (1980)
    • summa cum laude
    • Valedictorian
    • Student Government President
• Links
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/040616-SDNY-Bankruptcy-Vyskocil-PressRelease-FINAL.pdf

John Cronan, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Nomination
• • Nominated: December 2, 2019
  • Confirmed: August 8, 2020
• Career
  • Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General—Criminal Division Department of Justice [2018 – present]
  • Acting Assistant Attorney General—Criminal Division Department of Justice [2017 – 2018]
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
• Education
  • Yale Law School; J.D.
    • Editor-in-chief, Yale Law and Policy Review
  • Georgetown University; B.A.
    • magna cum laude
• Clerkships
  • Barrington Parker, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Robert Katzmann, United States Court of Appeals for the 2^nd Circuit
• Links
  • https://ballotpedia.org/John_Cronan_(New_York)

Iris Lan, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Nomination
• • Nominated: December 2, 2019
• Career
  • Associate Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice
  • United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
    • Assistant U.S. Attorney
    • Deputy Chief of the Appellate Section
    • Attorney-Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel
    • Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division
• Education
  • Harvard University; B.A.; M.A.; J.D.
• Clerkships
  • William Bryson, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Links
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Iris_Lan

John L. Sinatra, Jr., United States District Court for the Western District of New York

• Nomination
• • Renominated: May 21, 2019
  • Nominated: May 15, 2018
  • December 3, 2019
• Career
• • Hodgson Russ (2008 – present)
    • Partner (unavailable– present)
  • Senior Counsel, United States Department of Commerce (unavailable)
  • Associate, Jones Day (unavailable)
    • Commercial Litigation Practice Group
• Education
• • State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D. (unavailable)
    • cum laude
    • Buffalo Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
  • State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. (unavailable)
    • magna cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa
• Clerkships
  • New York Court of Appeals(1996 – 1998)
• Links
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  • http://www.hodgsonruss.com/professionals-John-Sinatra.html#profile

Jennifer H. Rearden, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Nomination
  • Nominated: May 4, 2020
• Career
  • Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP [2006 – present]
  • Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell [1998 – 2003]
• Education
  • New York School of Law; J.D. [1996]
  • Yale University; B.A. [1992]
    • magna cum laude
• Links
  • https://ballotpedia.org/Jennifer_Rearden