Paul A. Engelmayer

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.

Paul A. Engelmayer
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office July 27, 2011
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Gerard E. Lynch
Personal details
Born	April 12, 1961 New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Harvard University (A.B.) Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Early life and education

Born in New York City, New York, Engelmayer earned an Artium Baccalaureus summa cum laude in 1983 from Harvard College, where he was editorial chairman of The Harvard Crimson and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa,[1] and a Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1987 from Harvard Law School, where he was treasurer of the Harvard Law Review.[2] He then worked as a clerk for United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Patricia Wald from 1987 until 1988,[2] and then for Supreme Court of the United States Justice Thurgood Marshall from 1988 until 1989.[2][3]

Professional career

Between 1983 and 1984, Engelmayer worked as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in the paper's Philadelphia bureau. From 1989 until 1994, Engelmayer worked as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, serving as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1989 until 1994 but also serving as deputy chief appellate attorney in 1994. From 1994 until 1996, Engelmayer was an Assistant to the United States Solicitor General Drew S. Days, III.[2] Engelmayer returned to the United States Attorney's office in Manhattan in 1996, serving as the chief of the major crimes unit from 1996 until 2000.[2] 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 since 2005.[3] He was the judge in the racketeering case of Daniel Hernandez, better known as American rapper 6ix9ine. He sentenced 6ix9ine to 24 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

Federal judicial service

On February 2, 2011, President Obama nominated Engelmayer to a judicial seat to fill the seat vacated by Judge Gerard E. Lynch, who previously had been elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[4] On March 16, 2011, Engelmayer had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On March 31, 2011, Senator Charles Grassley placed Engelmayer's nomination on hold, along with two other nominations.[6] Grassley later lifted the holds, and the Senate Judiciary Committee referred Engelmayer's nomination to the full Senate on April 7, 2011.[7] On Friday, July 22, 2011, it was announced that the Senate had scheduled a full vote on Engelmayer's nomination on July 25, 2011. On July 25, 2011, the vote was postponed until July 26, 2011. The Senate confirmed Engelmayer in a 98–0 vote on July 26, 2011.[8] He received his commission on July 27, 2011.[3]

Personal

Engelmayer and his wife, Emily Mandelstam, who are both Jewish, live in Manhattan.[9] Englemayer and Mandelstam have two children, Caroline and William.

References

1. Marshall, Jessica (April 28, 1982). "Phi Beta Kappa Elects Juniors; Graduation Orators Announced". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
2. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (February 2, 2011). "President Obama Names Two to the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
3. "Engelmayer, Paul Adam – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
4. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (February 2, 2011). "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
5. Ingram, David (March 16, 2011). "SDNY Nominees Breeze Through Senate Hearing". The Blog of Legal Times. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
6. Keen, Lisa (March 31, 2011). "Grassley puts gay district court nominee's vote on hold". Keen News Service. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm
9. "WEDDINGS; E. F. Mandelstam, Paul Engelmayer". The New York Times. July 3, 1994. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

External links

• Paul A. Engelmayer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Paul A. Engelmayer at Ballotpedia