Paul G. Gardephe | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
Assumed office August 8, 2008 |
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Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Charles L. Brieant |
Personal details | |
Born |
Paul G. Gardephe October 17, 1957 Fitchburg, Massachusetts |
Education |
University of Pennsylvania B.A., M.A. Columbia Law School J.D. |
Paul G. Gardephe (born October 17, 1957) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Gardephe received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, an Master of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1982. He was a law clerk to Judge Albert J. Engel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1982 to 1983. He was in private practice in New York City from 1983 to 1987. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York from 1987 to 1992, and served as Chief of the Appeals Unit, Criminal Division in that office from 1992 to 1995. From 1995 to 1996, Gardephe held the position of Senior litigation counsel, in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York.
He worked in the Time Inc. Law Department from 1996 to 2003, first as associate general counsel until 1998, then deputy general counsel for litigation from 1998 to 2000, then vice president and deputy general counsel from 2000 to 2003. He was also a consultant (special counsel) for the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice from 1996 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2003. He returned to private practice from 2003 to 2008.