Southern District of New York

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Federal trial court

• Acronym

  S.D.N.Y.

• Nickname

  Mother Court

• Full Name

  United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Chief Judge

  Laura Taylor Swain

• Clerk of Court

  Tammi M. Hellwig

• Court Locations

  Manhattan, White Plains, Poughkeepsie, New York

• Geographic Jurisdiction

  New York County (Manhattan), Bronx County, Westchester County, Putnam County, Rockland County, Orange County, Dutchess County, Sullivan County

• Concurrent Jurisdiction (Waters)

  Kings County, Nassau County, Queens County, Richmond County, Suffolk County (shared with Eastern District of New York)

• Number of Judges (since creation)

  Over 150

Timeline

• The District of New York held its first session at the Old Royal Exchange in lower Manhattan, presided over by Judge James Duane. It was the first court to sit under the new United States Constitution, preceding the United States Supreme Court by a few months. (Source: Web Search Results)

  1789-11

• The Southern District of New York prosecuted Molly Bloom for illegally raking her high-stakes poker game, following an FBI investigation and raid, which led to the seizure of her life savings through asset forfeiture. (Source: Related Documents)

  Unknown

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal trial court whose geographic jurisdiction encompasses eight counties of the state of New York. Two of these are in New York City: New York (Manhattan) and the Bronx; six are in the Hudson Valley: Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). Because it covers Manhattan, the Southern District of New York has long been one of the most prestigious and influential federal trial courts in the United States. It often has jurisdiction over America's largest financial institutions and prosecution of white-collar crime and other federal crimes. Because of its age, being the oldest federal court in the history of the United States, great influence, described as "the preeminent trial court in the nation", it is colloquially called the "Mother Court". The district itself has had several prominent judges on its bench, including Learned Hand, Michael Mukasey, and Sonia Sotomayor, and many of the U.S. attorneys for the district have been prominent American legal and political figures, such as Elihu Root, Henry L. Stimson, Robert Morgenthau, Rudy Giuliani, James Comey, Michael J. Garcia, and Preet Bharara.

Web Search Results

• Homepage | U.S District Court

  The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York encompasses the counties of New York, Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan and draws jurors from those counties. The Court hears cases in Manhattan, White Plains, and Poughkeepsie, New York. [...] The District of New York held its first session on the first Tuesday of November 1789 at the Old Royal Exchange in lower Manhattan presided over by Judge James Duane, who was appointed by President Washington. It was the first court to sit under the new United States Constitution, preceding the United States Supreme Court by a few months. The District and its successor, the Southern District of New York, have sat continuously in New York, NY, since 1789. Those who have served as judges of the [...] #### United States District Court ## Southern District of New York Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain Tammi M. Hellwig, Clerk of Court #### Southern District of New York ## Serve as Pro Bono Counsel Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain Tammi M. Hellwig, Clerk of Court #### Southern District of New York ## History of the Court Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain Tammi M. Hellwig, Clerk of Court #### Southern District of New York ## Judges of the District Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain

• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

  Since its creation, the Southern District of New York has had over 150 judges, more than any other District. Twenty-one judges from the Southern District of New York have been elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—Samuel Blatchford, Charles Merrill Hough, Learned Hand, Julius Marshuetz Mayer, Augustus Noble Hand, Martin Thomas Manton, Robert P. Patterson, Harold Medina, Irving Kaufman, Wilfred Feinberg, Walter R. Mansfield, Murray Gurfein, Lawrence W. Pierce, [...] The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York encompasses the counties of New York, Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan and draws jurors from those counties. The Court also shares concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of the counties of Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Court hears cases in Manhattan, White Plains, and Poughkeepsie, New York "New [...] 10. ^ "Southern District of New York 225th Anniversary". history.nysd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2018. 11. ^ a b Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 386. 12. ^ a b c d U.S. District Courts of New York, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center. 13. ^ "92 STAT. 885" (PDF).

• Southern District of New York | About the District

  Search open menu icon close menu icon United States Department of Justice Seal close menu icon expand menu icon Search ## Breadcrumb # About the District right caret The Southern District of New York encompasses: the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester Counties. Jurisdiction Mapenvelope icon Southern District of New York 26 Federal Plaza, 37th Floor New York, NY 10278 smartphone icon

• Rulings of Special Interest - Southern District of New York

  Public access to the Southern District of New York’s case information is provided through a service of the Unites States Judiciary called PACER. PACER is an acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records and, it permits account holders to view documents that have been filed within the Court’s Electronic Case Filing (ECF) System. It also permits the public to query this database for a particular individual, case name, and other case information. [...] US District Court • Southern District of New York Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse 500 Pearl Street New York, NY 10007 - 1312 Hon. Charles L. Brieant Jr. Federal Building and Courthouse 300 Quarropas Street White Plains, NY 10601 Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse 40 Foley Square New York, NY 10007 United States Courthouse 355 Main Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 United States District Court - Southern District of New York

• Federal Courts in NYC: Southern and Eastern Districts of NY

  The The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York encompasses the counties of New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. The public records room offers free access to PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) for searching U.S. Court Records and is the location that open court records can be requested, copied and studied See also: The Free Law Project. ## U.S. Eastern District of New York Records [...] The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York comprises the counties of Kings (Brooklyn), Nassau, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk and concurrently with the Southern District, the waters within the counties of Bronx and New York. Archived court records can be requested through either in the Brooklyn or Islip Records Management offices. ## NARA - NYC Many federal court records have been transferred to NARA (The National Archives and Records Administration).