Philip Morgan Halpern

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American judge (born 1956)

Philip Morgan Halpern (born 1956) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York .

Education

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Halpern was born in 1956, in Derby, Connecticut . He received his Bachelor of Science , magna cum laude, from Fordham University , and his Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law .

Legal and academic career

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Upon graduation from law school, he clerked for Judge Irving Ben Cooper of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was a managing partner of Collier, Halpern & Newberg, LLP, in White Plains, New York , where he focused on commercial , employment , real estate , and securities litigation . One of his former partners at the firm was Albert Pirro. Pirro left the firm in 2000 after being convicted of tax fraud . From 2016 to 2017, and again in 2019 and 2022, he was an adjunct professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University , where he taught "The Anatomy of a Trial: The Burden of Proof."

Federal judicial service

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Halpern was recommended to the White House by former Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro , a prominent talk show host who is an outspoken supporter of the Trump Administration and the former wife of Halpern's law firm partner. On October 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Halpern to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Halpern to the seat vacated by Judge P. Kevin Castel , who assumed senior status on August 5, 2017.

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate . On January 22, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Halpern for a federal judgeship. His nomination was sent to the Senate the next day. On October 30, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee . On November 21, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote. On February 11, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 75–18 vote. On February 12, 2020, his nomination was confirmed by a 77–19 vote. He received his judicial commission on February 21, 2020.

References

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1. ↑ Voruganti, Harsh (August 14, 2019). "Philip Halpern – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York" . The Vetting Room. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

 ["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"](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/)
. _[whitehouse.gov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.gov "Whitehouse.gov")
_. October 10, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via [National Archives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARA "NARA")
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1. ↑ "Contact – DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP" .

 ["Philip Halpern – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York"](https://vettingroom.org/2019/08/14/philip-halpern/)
. August 14, 2019.

1. ↑ "Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate" . _whitehouse.gov _. November 13, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via National Archives .
2. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees" . _whitehouse.gov _. January 22, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via National Archives .
3. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" . _whitehouse.gov _. January 23, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via National Archives .
4. ↑ [United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 30, 2019](https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/30/2

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