Gerard E. Lynch

Gerard E. Lynch
Lynch in 2000
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office September 5, 2016
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office September 18, 2009 – September 5, 2016
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Chester J. Straub
Succeeded by	Michael H. Park
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office May 25, 2000 – September 21, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John E. Sprizzo
Succeeded by	Paul A. Engelmayer
Personal details
Born	(1951-09-04) September 4, 1951 (age 73) New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Columbia University (BA, JD)

Gerard Edmund Lynch (born September 4, 1951) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was confirmed to that seat on September 17, 2009, after previously having been appointed in 2000 by President Bill Clinton to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Lynch was the first appeals-court judge nominated by President Barack Obama to win confirmation from the United States Senate.

Lynch is also the Paul J. Kellner Professor Emeritus at Columbia Law School.^[1]