Vernon S. Broderick

Vernon Speede Broderick (born March 11, 1963) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Vernon S. Broderick
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office September 10, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Deborah Batts
Personal details
Born	March 11, 1963 New York City, New York
Education	Yale College (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Biography

Broderick was born in 1963, in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from Yale University. He received his Juris Doctor in 1988 from Harvard Law School. He began his career at the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP from 1988 to 1994. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1994 to 2002 and was Chief of the Violent Gangs Unit from 1999 to 2002. Broderick rejoined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in 2002 as Counsel, becoming a partner in 2005, concentrating his practice on white collar crimes, regulatory investigations and business litigation. In 2003, he was appointed to the Commission to Combat Police Corruption by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.[1] In 2011, he was appointed to the New York State Commission on Public Integrity by Governor Andrew Cuomo.[2][3]

Federal judicial service

On April 15, 2013, President Obama nominated Broderick to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Deborah Batts, who took senior status on April 13, 2012. His nomination was reported by a voice vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 13, 2013.[2] The Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote on September 9, 2013.[4] He received his commission on September 10, 2013.[3]

References

1. Wilson, Michael "Panel Monitoring Police Corruption Is Revived" New York Times August 14, 2003
2. "President Obama Nominates Vernon S. Broderick to Serve on the United States District Court". 15 April 2013.
3. "Broderick, Vernon Speede – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
4. "Senate Floor Schedule for Monday, September 9, 2013 – Senate Democrats". 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.

External links

• Vernon S. Broderick at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Vernon Broderick at Ballotpedia