Loretta A. Preska
| Loretta A. Preska | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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In office 2009 – May 31, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Kimba Wood |
| Succeeded by | Colleen McMahon |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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Assumed office August 12, 1992 |
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| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Joseph Ward |
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January 7, 1949 Albany, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas J. Kavaler |
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| Occupation | Jurist (originally lawyer) |
Loretta A. Preska (born January 7, 1949) is a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Albany-born Loretta Preska attended The College of Saint Rose (B.A. 1970), Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1973), and New York University School of Law (LL.M. 1978).
Preska was an attorney in private practice in New York City from 1973 until 1992, initially with Cahill Gordon & Reindel and then with Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason (now Winston & Strawn).
Judge Preska was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on March 31, 1992, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Robert Joseph Ward. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11, 1992, and received her commission on August 12. Preska served as Chief Judge of her court for a seven-year term from June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2016.
In 2007, it was reported that Judge Preska was on President Bush's short list of potential Supreme Court nominees. On September 9, 2008, Preska was nominated by President George W. Bush to be a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. As Preska was nominated after July 1, 2008, the unofficial start date of the Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on her nomination, and the nomination was returned to Bush at the end of his term.
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