Gabriel Gorenstein

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Gabriel W. Gorenstein is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was first appointed to this position on March 2, 2001, and has been reappointed to two consecutive terms. His current term will expire on March 1, 2025.^[1]^[2]

Education

Judge Gorenstein was born in 1957 in New York City. He received his B.A. degree in psychology from Yale University in 1979 and his J.D. degree from Columbia Law School in 1984.^[3]

Professional career

2001-present: Magistrate judge, Southern District of New York
1998-2001: Judge, New York City Criminal Court
1994-1998: General counsel and deputy commissioner, New York City Human Resources Administration
1987-1994:Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York

Chief of the Civil Rights Unit
Chief appellate attorney for the U.S. Attorney

1985-1987: Attorney, Debevoise & Plimpton
1985-1985: Law clerk, Honorable Spottswood Robinson, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[4]

Judicial career

Southern District of New York, magistrate

Gorenstein was appointed to be a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on March 2, 2001. He was reappointed in 2009 and 2017 to eight-year terms. His current term expires in 2025.^[1]^[2]

External links

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, "List of magistrate judges"

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The Third Branch, "Judicial Milestones," July 2001
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Ballotpedia staff, "Telephone communication with the Office of the Clerk for the Southern District of New York," March 2, 2017]
↑ Thomson Legal Record, "Profile of Judge Gorenstein," accessed August 13, 2015
↑ NYC.gov: Press Release Archives, "Mayor Giuliani Swears in Eight Judges to Civil and Criminal Court," May 22, 1998

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[appoint-1] 1.0 ^1.1 The Third Branch, "Judicial Milestones," July 2001

[reappoint-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Ballotpedia staff, "Telephone communication with the Office of the Clerk for the Southern District of New York," March 2, 2017]

[3] Thomson Legal Record, "Profile of Judge Gorenstein," accessed August 13, 2015

[4] NYC.gov: Press Release Archives, "Mayor Giuliani Swears in Eight Judges to Civil and Criminal Court," May 22, 1998

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