Loretta Preska | |
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.jpg) Preska in 2012 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office March 1, 2017 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office 2009 – May 31, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Kimba Wood |
| Succeeded by | Colleen McMahon |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office August 12, 1992 – March 1, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Joseph Ward |
| Succeeded by | Mary Kay Vyskocil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 7, 1949 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Thomas J. Kavaler (m. 1983) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | College of Saint Rose (BA) Fordham University (JD) New York University (LLM) |
Loretta A. Preska (born January 7, 1949) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.[1] Born in Albany, Preska received law degrees from Fordham University School of Law and New York University School of Law. She practiced law in New York City from 1973 to 1992 at the law firms of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Hertzog, Calamari & Gleason (now Winston & Strawn). President George H. W. Bush appointed her to the district bench in 1992. She served as chief judge of the court for a seven-year term from 2009 to 2016, and took senior status in 2017. President George W. Bush nominated Preska to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2008,[2] but the Senate did not act on the nomination.
- ^ "Hon. Loretta A. Preska | U.S District Court". www.nysd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ^ "Judicial Nominations - Loretta A. Preska". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved December 21, 2023.