FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW ANNOUNCES HON. DENNY CHIN, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, AS 2015 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
May 11, 2015 – New York, NY – Dean Matthew Diller has announced that Hon. Denny Chin, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, will address Cardozo School of Law graduates at the 2015 commencement ceremony on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center.
Judge Chin was sworn in as United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit in 2010. Prior to joining the Court of Appeals, he served as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York from 1994 to 2010.
Judge Chin has presided over many high profile cases, including cases involving Megan's Law, the Million Youth March, Al Franken's use of the phrase “Fair and Balanced” in the title of a book, the Naked Cowboy, the Google Books Project, and the United Nations Oil for Food Program. He also presided over the trial of an Afghan warlord charged with conspiring to import heroin and the guilty plea and sentencing of financier Bernard L. Madoff.
“Denny Chin is the model of a great judge and we are very pleased that he has agreed to address the Cardozo class of 2015,” said Dean Matthew Diller. “His career is one of service and inspiration, and his personal story is a moving embodiment of the American dream.“
Judge Chin graduated from Princeton University magna cum laude in 1975 and received his law degree from Fordham Law School in 1978. After clerking for the Honorable Henry F. Werker, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, he was associated with the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1980 to 1982. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York from 1982 until 1986, when he and two of his colleagues from the U.S. Attorney's Office started a law firm, Campbell, Patrick & Chin. In 1990, he joined Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., where he specialized in labor and employment law.
Judge Chin was born in Hong Kong and came to the United States with his family when he was 2 years old.
For more information:
John DeNatale
Assistant Dean of Communications
212.790.0237