Laura Taylor Swain
| Laura Taylor Swain | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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Assumed office July 11, 2000 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Thomas P. Griesa |
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| Born |
Laura Taylor Swain 1958 (age 58–59) Brooklyn, New York |
| Education |
Radcliffe College A.B. Harvard Law School J.D. |
Laura Taylor Swain (born 1958) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Swain earned an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1979 from Radcliffe College. She earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1982. From 1982 until 1983, Swain worked as a law clerk for Judge Constance Baker Motley of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. From 1983 until 1996, Swain worked in private legal practice in New York City, practicing as an associate, and then counsel, in the areas of ERISA, employee benefits, executive compensation and employee law for the firm Debevoise & Plimpton.
Swain also served as a member of the New York State Board of Law Examiners from 1986-1996. She chaired the advisory committee for the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure from 2007-2010.
She teaches as an Adjunct Professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University).
On November 1, 1996, Swain became a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of New York. She served in that role until on April 25, 2000, President Clinton nominated Swain to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas P. Griesa. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 2000 and received her commission on July 11, 2000.
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