predecessor successor birth_place imagesize office termstart termend birth_date article_title name nominator alma_mater
richard owen vernon s. broderick philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. 150px senior southern district of new york judge of the u.s. district judge court for the southern district of new york of the u.s. district court for the april 13 , 2012 may 9 , 1994 april 13 , 2012 13 april 1947 deborah batts
 deborah a. batts bill clinton radcliffe college harvard law school
deborah batts

deborah a. batts -lrb- born april 13 , 1947 -rrb- is a united states federal judge , currently serving on the u.s. district court for the southern district of new york .
in june 1994 , deborah batts was sworn in as a federal district judge for manhattan , becoming the nation 's first openly lgbt , african-american federal judge .
she took senior status on her 65th birthday , april 13 , 2012 .
