Hector Gonzalez (lawyer)

Hector Gonzalez is an American lawyer who is a former nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Hector Gonzalez
Personal details
EducationManhattan College (B.S.)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.)

Education

Gonzalez earned his Bachelor of Science from Manhattan College in 1985 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1988, where he was an editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.[1] He subsequently earned his Master of Arts in criminal justice from City University of New York in 1995.[2]

From 1990 to 1994, Gonzalez served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and from 1994 to 1999, Gonzalez served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was Chief of the Narcotics Unit. From 1999–2011, he was a partner at the law firm of Mayer Brown.[3] Since 2011, he has been a partner at Dechert, LLP in New York City where he serves as Chair of the firm's Global Litigation Group.[1]

In 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo considered nominating Gonzalez to be a judge on the New York Court of Appeals, but nominated Eugene Fahey instead.[3]

Expired nomination to district court

On August 12, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Gonzalez to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. On September 8, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Gonzalez to the seat vacated by Judge Brian Cogan who took senior status on June 12, 2020.[4] On January 3, 2021, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[5]

References
  1. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees". The White House. Retrieved 2020-08-12. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Hector Gonzalez" (PDF). Dechert LLP. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. Voruganti, Harsh (2020-09-11). "Hector Gonzalez – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York". The Vetting Room. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  4. "Eleven Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 8, 2020
  5. "PN2206 - Nomination of Hector Gonzalez for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-05.


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