Gerard E. Lynch

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gerard E. Lynch
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Sep 4, 1951(1951-09-04)
Age	73
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Gerard E. Lynch Biography

Gerard E. Lynch is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on September 4, 1951 in New York, United States. Gerard Edmund Lynch (born September 4 1951) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was appointed to the post on 17 September 2009, having previously been selected in 2000 by the President Bill Clinton to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The judge Lynch is the very first appeals court judge appointed by the President Barack Obama to win confirmation from the United States Senate.

On February 28th in the year 2000 Lynch received a nomination from President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacant from John E. Sprizzo. Following the time that Lynch was elected as a district judge in the year 2000 some Senate Republicans expressed concern that Lynch was a judicial activist in the past, citing a warning in writings written by Lynch cautioning the legal profession not to emphasize terms from “18th- and 19th-century dictionaries” in the interpretation of the United States Constitution. But, in an agreement with Senate Democrats as well as Republicans that also opened the way for a vote that would confirm the nominating Republican Bradley A. Smith to the Federal Election Commission and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit nominee Timothy B. Dyk, Lynch was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 24, 2000 with an 63-36 vote. Lynch was appointed on the same day.

On April 2, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Lynch to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated when Chester J. Straub assumed senior status. Lynch was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 17, 2009, by a vote of 94–3, and received his commission the following day.

On May 7, 2015, Lynch wrote an opinion for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, ruling that the systematic collection of American’s phone records by the NSA is illegal. He referred to the program as “an unprecedented contraction of the privacy expectations of all Americans”, advancing the national debate started by the revelations of Edward Snowden.

Lynch is an associate of the American Law Institute and sits on the Institute’s Council. Lynch is also a member of several bar associations as well as advisory committees. He has written and given lectures on federal laws governing racketeering in sentencing, plea bargaining, as well as other areas of constitutional law and the legal ethics. He was awarded an award from the students who voted for him, called the Willis Reese Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994 and in 1997 was the first faculty of law to receive the President’s Award of the University for Excellence in Teaching. His primary research and teaching areas include the areas of criminal law, procedure and sentencing and professional responsibility.

Gerard E. Lynch Net Worth

Gerard E. Lynch is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerard E. Lynch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born to Brooklyn, New York, Lynch graduated from Regis High School in 1968 He earned the Bachelors of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1972, as well as his Juris Doctor at Columbia Law School in 1975 and was the first to graduate in his classes at each of the three universities. Lynch was admitted to in the Columbia faculty of the law school in following judicial clerkships with the Judge Wilfred Feinberg, who was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1975-76 and United States Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. in 1976 and 1977. He was Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1980 until 1983, investigating white-collar criminal cases, and as Chief Appellate Attorney. He returned to the office as the chief of the division for criminals between 1990 and 1992. He practiced in private as a lawyer within New York City from 1992 until 2000.

Lynch was the Vice Dean at Columbia Law School from 1992 until 1997. Lynch has also been an adjunct professor or lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; National Police Academy (Tokyo); University of Tokyo; University of Buenos Aires; the Leiden University; and the University of Amsterdam. Counsel was appointed for numerous cities, states and federal commissions as well as special prosecutors who investigate corruption in public life and corruption, including the Iran/Contra probe as well as the Iran/Contra investigation, in which He drafted and argued the prosecution’s position in the appeal filed by Oliver North. He also argued and briefed cases before federal appellate courts as well as that of Supreme Court, and as an attorney cooperating with The American as well as New York Civil Liberties Unions. He has also worked as an attorney for defense in federal and state court cases.

As a district court judge, Lynch presided over the perjury trial of rap artist Lil’ Kim in 2005. He sentenced her to a year and a day in jail. Judge Lynch is also an active participant in Legal Outreach, a non-for-profit organization in which he mentors inner-city kids in New York.

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