Gerard Louis Goettel

Gerard Louis Goettel (b. 1928 in New York, NY) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Goettel received a B.A. from Duke University in 1950 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1955. He acted as a U.S. Magistrate for the court from 1971 to 1976. He was nominated to the court by Gerald Ford on March 2, 1976, to a seat vacated by Arnold Bauman, confirmed by the Senate on March 26, 1976, and received his commission on March 30, 1976. He assumed senior status on August 5, 1993.