Chester Straub

Chester Straub

Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit (senior status)

Tenure

2008 - Present

Years in position

16

Prior offices

United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

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Education

Bachelor's

St. Peter's College, 1958

Law

University of Virginia School of Law, 1961

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Chester J. Straub is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. He joined the Court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. At the time of his appointment, he was a private practice attorney in New York City. He assumed senior status on July 16, 2008.

Education

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Straub graduated from St. Peter's College with his bachelor's degree in 1958, and received a LL.B. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1961.

Professional career

Straub was a private practice attorney in New York City from 1963 to 1998. He was an elected member of the New York State Assembly from 1967 to 1972. Straub also served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1975.

Judicial career

2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Chester J. Straub
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 110 days after nomination.
ANominated: February 11, 1998
AABA Rating: Unanimously Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: April 29, 1998
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: May 7, 1998
AConfirmed: June 1, 1998
AVote: Voice vote

Straub was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1998, to a seat vacated by Joseph McLaughlin. The American Bar Association rated Straub Unanimously Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Straub's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 1998, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on May 7, 1998. Straub was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on June 1, 1998, and he received his commission on June 3, 1998. He assumed senior status on July 16, 2008. He was succeeded to this post by Gerard Lynch.

Noteworthy cases

Citigroup liability case (2011)

See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit (In re Citigroup ERISA Litigation, 662 F. 3d 128)

Judge Straub was the dissenting voice in a 2-1 split in the Second Circuit Court's ruling declaring that Citigroup was not liable to workers who lost money on their 401(k) plans due to the company's exposure to toxic debt. The case was brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 by workers who claimed that Citigroup should not have offered bank stock in its retirement plans because it knew its subprime mortgage exposure made the stock a dangerous investment. Judge John Walker, who authored the court's opinion, wrote that the workers did not show that Citigroup "either knew or should have known that Citigroup was in the sort of dire situation that required them to override plan terms in order to limit participants' investments in Citigroup stock." Judge Walker was joined by Judge Jose Cabranes in the opinion.

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

External links

• Judge Straub's biography from the Second Circuit's website
• Judge Straub's biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: Joseph McLaughlin	Second Circuit 1998–2008 Seat #8	Succeeded by: Gerard Lynch