Gerard E. Lynch

Gerard E. Lynch (born 1951 in Brooklyn) is a United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of New York. He was appointed to this position by President Bill Clinton in 2000. He is also the Paul J. Kellner Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He received his BA from Columbia University in 1972 and his JD from Columbia Law School in 1975. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1977, following judicial clerkships for Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1975-76 and Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. in 1976-77. He served as assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York in 1980-83, prosecuting white-collar criminal cases and serving as chief appellate attorney. He returned to that office as chief of the criminal division in 1990-92.

Lynch served as Vice Dean of Columbia Law School from 1992 to 1997. He has been a visiting professor or lecturer at Hebrew University of Jerusalem; National Police Academy (Tokyo); University of Tokyo; University of Buenos Aires; the Leiden University; and the University of Amsterdam. He was appointed counsel to numerous city, state, and federal commissions and special prosecutors investigating public corruption, including the Iran/Contra investigation, where among other responsibilities he briefed and argued the prosecution position in the appeal of Oliver North. He briefed and argued cases in federal appellate courts, including the Supreme Court, and as a cooperating attorney with the American and New York Civil Liberties Unions. He also has extensive experience as a defense attorney in state and federal cases.

Lynch is a member of the American Law Institute, and of various bar associations and advisory committees. He has published and lectured on the federal racketeering laws, sentencing, plea bargaining and other aspects of criminal law, constitutional theory, and legal ethics. He received the student-voted Willis Reese Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994, and in 1997 became the first member of the law faculty to receive the University-wide President's Award for Outstanding Teaching. His principal teaching and research areas include criminal law and procedure, sentencing, and professional responsibility.

Judge Lynch presided over the perjury trial of rap artist Lil' Kim in 2005. He sentenced her to 366 days in jail. [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=916248&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312] Judge Lynch is also an active participant in Legal Outreach, a non-for-profit organization. In the program he mentors inner-city kids in New York.

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