Mary Kay Vyskocil
Mary Kay Vyskocil (born March 22, 1958) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and a former United States Bankruptcy Judge for the same court. President Donald Trump nominated her to the district bench in 2018 and again in 2019, and she was confirmed in 2019.
Mary Kay Vyskocil | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
Assumed office December 20, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Loretta Preska |
Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York | |
In office April 7, 2016 – December 20, 2019 | |
Succeeded by | David S. Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | March 22, 1958
Education | Dominican College (BA) St. John's University School of Law (JD) |
Education
Vyskocil earned her undergraduate degree from the Dominican College in Rockland County, New York, where she was the class valedictorian and student government president, and her Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law, where she served on the Moot Court Executive Board.[1]
Legal career
Prior to her appointment to the bench, she practiced general commercial litigation for almost thirty-three years at the New York City-based law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.[1]
Federal judicial service
Bankruptcy court service
Vyskocil was selected to become a Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in 2016. She was sworn in as a United States bankruptcy judge on April 7, 2016, and served until her elevation as a district court judge.[2]
District court service
In August 2017, Vyskocil was one of several candidates pitched to New York senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand by the White House as judicial candidates for vacancies on the federal courts in New York.[3] On May 10, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Vyskocil to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On May 15, 2018, her nomination was sent to the Senate. She was nominated to the seat that was vacated by Judge Loretta A. Preska, who assumed senior status on March 1, 2017. On August 1, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On September 13, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–0 vote.[5]
On January 3, 2019, her nomination was returned to the President under "Rule 31.6: Nominations neither confirmed nor rejected" of the Standing Rules of the Senate.[6] On April 8, 2019, President Trump announced the renomination of Vyskocil to the district court.[7] On May 21, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[8] On June 20, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–1 vote.[9] On December 18, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a vote of 89–4.[10] On December 19, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a vote of 91–3.[11] She received her judicial commission on December 20, 2019.
Memberships
She was a member of the Federalist Society from 1998 to 2005.[12]
Awards and recognition
Vyskocil has been ranked as one of the "Top Ten Women Litigators in the United States" by Benchmark Litigation. In 2016, she received a "Top Women in Law Award" from the New York Law Journal. She has been recognized as a litigation leader by Chambers, Legal 500, Who's Who Legal and America's Leading Business Lawyers, and Law360.[1]
References
- "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fourteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Thirteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eighth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, May 10, 2018
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Vyskocil Sworn in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, Southern District of New York". abladvisor.com. April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- Tillman, Zoe (August 7, 2017). "The White House Has Pitched A Nominee For Manhattan's Powerful US Attorney Opening". BuzzFeed. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for August 1, 2018
- Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 13, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee
- "Trump Drops Obama Picks, N.Y., Calif. Names From Judges List". Bloomberg Law. January 23, 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominations", White House, April 8, 2019
- "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, May 21, 2019
- Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 20, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
- "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 1st Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 1st Session". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Mary Kay Vyskocil
External links
- Mary Kay Vyskocil at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Mary Kay Vyskocil at Ballotpedia
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Preceded by Loretta Preska |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 2019–present |
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