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Vernon S. Broderick
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Deborah Batts |
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| Born | March 11, 1963 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Vernon Speede Broderick was born on March 11, 1963. He is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. This means he works as a judge in a very important court in New York City.
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About Judge Broderick
Early Life and Education
Vernon Broderick was born in 1963 in New York City. He went to Yale University and earned his first degree, a Bachelor of Arts, in 1985. Later, he studied law at Harvard Law School and received his law degree, called a Juris Doctor, in 1988.
His Career Journey
After finishing law school, Judge Broderick started his career at a law firm called Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He worked there from 1988 to 1994.
Then, he became an Assistant United States Attorney in New York. This job meant he worked for the government, helping to bring legal cases against people who broke the law. From 1999 to 2002, he was in charge of a special team called the Violent Gangs Unit.
In 2002, he went back to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He became a partner in 2005. In this role, he focused on cases involving business disagreements and investigations.
Judge Broderick also helped fight against corruption. In 2003, the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, asked him to join a group that worked to stop police corruption. In 2011, the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, appointed him to a group that looked into public honesty.
Becoming a Federal Judge
On April 15, 2013, President Barack Obama chose Vernon Broderick to become a United States district judge. He was nominated to fill a spot that became open when Judge Deborah Batts retired.
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reviewed his nomination and approved it on June 13, 2013. The full Senate then voted and confirmed him on September 9, 2013. He officially started his job as a judge on September 10, 2013.
See also
- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists
