predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer article_title term_end name alma_mater
leonard d. wexler william francis kuntz chicago , illinois , u.s. senior the eastern district of new york judge of the united judge states district court for the eastern district of new york of united states magistrate judge of the united states district court the for the southern district of new york united states district court for 1940 october 16 , 2008 august 1 , 1996 1976 bill clinton nina gershon
 october 16 , 2008 1996 nina gershon cornell university yale law school
nina gershon

nina gershon -lrb- born 1940 -rrb- is a federal district judge in the eastern district of new york .
she was appointed by president bill clinton in 1996 at the recommendation of senator daniel patrick moynihan .
she assumed senior status on october 16 , 2008 .
born in chicago , illinois , gershon received a b.a. in english with honors from cornell in 1962 and an l.l.b. from yale law school in 1965 .
in 1965 and 1966 , she was a fulbright scholar at the london school of economics ' hampstead clinic .
she was a staff attorney of the appellate division of the supreme court of the state of new york , mental health information service from 1966 to 1968 , and was then assistant corporation counsel with the appeals division of the new york city law department from 1968-1969 , and from 1970-1972 .
she was a professor of law and political science at the university of california , san diego from 1969 to 1970 .
she was an attorney for the new york city law department from 1972 to 1976 , serving as chief of the federal appeals division from 1972 to 1975 and chief of the consumer protection division from 1975 to 1976 .
