Gerard Louis Goettel

Judge Gerard Louis Goettel

Personal

Birthday:

8/5/1928

Birthplace:

New York, NY

Date of Death:

12/19/2011

Place of Death:

Danbury, CT

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant, 1951-1953
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1955-1958
Deputy chief, Attorney General`s Special Group on Organized Crime, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958-1959
Private practice, New York City, 1959-1962, 1968-1969
Counsel, New York Life Insurance Company, 1962-1968
Associate general counsel, The Overmyer Company, 1969-1971

Education

Name of School:

Duke University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1950

Name of School - Second:

Columbia Law School

Public service is a critical component of a legal education and the professional development of our students," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. "This new guarantee supports a core principle of our school, as we aspire to train lawyers who view pro bono work as central to their commitment to our system of justice.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1955

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Court Name:

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Gerald Ford

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

3/30/1976

Retirement from Active Service:

8/5/1993

Termination Date:

12/19/2011

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1971-1976