predecessor successor birth_place nationality office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name nominator alma_mater
louis j. freeh lorna g. schofield washington , d.c. american judge southern district of new york senior judge of the united of states district court for the southern district of new york the united states district court for the 1946 september 29 , 1994 august 16 , 2011 shira a. scheindlin.jpg shira scheindlin
 august 16 , 2011 shira a. scheindlin bill clinton university 1969 -rrb- cornell law school -lrb- 1975 -rrb- of michigan -lrb- 1967 -rrb- columbia university -lrb-
shira scheindlin

shira a. scheindlin -lrb- pronounced `` shend-lin '' ; born 1946 -rrb- is a united states district court judge on senior status for the southern district of new york .
she was nominated by president bill clinton on july 28 , 1994 , to a seat vacated by louis j. freeh -lrb- who went on to be the director of the fbi -rrb- .
the united states senate confirmed her on september 28 , 1994 , and she was commissioned on september 29 , 1994 .
on december 12 , 2012 , her judicial seat was filled by lorna g. schofield after scheindlin took senior status .
judge scheindlin 's greatest influence has been in the field of electronic discovery .
scheindlin 's decisions in zubulake v. ubs warburg were `` so influential rulings were partially absorbed into the recent civil procedure amendments 2006 . ''
