Gary L. Sharpe

Gary Lawrence Sharpe

Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2016
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
In office December 16, 2011 – August 31, 2015
Preceded by	Norman A. Mordue
Succeeded by	Glenn T. Suddaby
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
In office January 29, 2004 – January 1, 2016
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas James McAvoy

Personal details
Born	Gary Lawrence Sharpe 1947 (age 69–70) Cortland, New York
Education	University at Buffalo (B.A.) Cornell Law School (J.D.)

Gary Lawrence Sharpe (born 1947) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Education and career

Sharpe graduated from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 and Cornell Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1974. He served as a Senior Assistant District Attorney for Broome County, New York, from 1974 to 1981. He served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for New York State, from 1981 to 1982. He currently served as an Adjunct Professor at Binghamton University and Broome Community College, from 1978 to 1982. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney, from 1982 to 1997, serving as a Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney, from 1982 to 1992, Interim United States Attorney, from 1992 to 1994, and Senior Litigation Counsel, from 1994 to 1997. He served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of New York, from 1997 to 2004.^[1]

Federal judicial service

He was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York by George W. Bush on April 28, 2003, to a seat vacated by Thomas J. McAvoy, confirmed by the Senate on January 28, 2004, and received his commission on January 29, 2004. He served as Chief Judge from December 16, 2011 until August 31, 2015. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2016.^[1]

References

1 2 "Sharpe, Gary L. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

Sources

FJC Bio

Legal offices
Preceded by Thomas James McAvoy	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York 2004–2016	Vacant
Preceded by Norman A. Mordue	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York 2011–2015	Succeeded by Glenn T. Suddaby

Current senior district judges within the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Connecticut	Eginton Covello Chatigny Squatrito Arterton
E. New York	Weinstein Glasser Wexler Korman Dearie Spatt Amon Johnson Hurley Seybert Block Ross Gershon Garaufis Feuerstein Townes Vitaliano
N. New York	McAvoy Scullin Kahn Mordue Sharpe
S. New York	Griesa Haight Sweet Keenan Stanton Wood McKenna Preska Batts Cote Kaplan Stein Rakoff Berman Hellerstein Buchwald Marrero Castel Crotty
W. New York	Telesca Larimer Arcara Skretny Siragusa
Vermont	Murtha Sessions

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