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The Southern District of New York is a major venue for bankruptcy, as it has jurisdiction over the corporate headquarters and major financial institutions located in Manhattan. Originally, the District Court itself handled bankruptcies; these and admiralty court cases dominated nearly to the exclusion of all other cases, which were primarily ...
Because of its age, being the oldest federal court in the history of the United States, [2] [3] great influence, described as "the preeminent trial court in the nation", [4] and its strong independence, [5] it is colloquially called the "Mother Court", [6] or the "Sovereign District of New York."
The state was divided into a Northern and Southern district. The Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 abolished the Northern and Southern districts, re-organizing California as a single circuit district. On August 5, 1886 the Southern district was re-established, following the division of the state into Northern and Southern districts.
Glenn was a law clerk to Judge Henry Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1971 to 1972. He was in private practice with O'Melveny & Myers, first in Los Angeles, California, then in New York, before being sworn in as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York on November 30, 2006. [4]
On September 18, 2003, Karas was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Allen G. Schwartz. [3] Karas was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 3, 2004, and received his commission on June 13, 2004.
The James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse, also known simply as the Carter-Keep Courthouse, [1] [2] is a federal courthouse in San Diego, California.It is a sixteen-story facility on 2.6 acres (11,000 m 2) that includes courtrooms, judges chambers, offices and courtroom galleries of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, along with ...
The Southern District of California was abolished on July 27, 1866, and the State made to constitute one district, the statute providing that the Judge of the Northern District exercise the powers of the United States District Court for the District of California, and that all records of the Southern District Court be delivered to the Clerk of ...
Robert D. Drain (born c. 1957) is a former United States bankruptcy judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York who has presided at several high-profile corporate bankruptcies.