Paul Austin Crotty (born April 1, 1941) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Early in his career, he worked as a lawyer at Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, and in the 1980s, he was Commissioner of New York City's Office of Financial Services, as well as Finance Commissioner and commissioner for Housing Preservation & Development. He was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2005.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
New York Southern District Court · 2005–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Verizon Communications, New York and Connecticut regionGroup president · 1997–2005
- New York CityCorporation counsel · 1994–1997
- Private practice, New York City1969–1984, 1988–1993
- New York CityOffice of Financial Services · 1984–1988
- ↳commissioner · 1984
- ↳commissioner of finance · 1984–1986
- ↳commissioner of housing preservation and development · 1986–1988
Law clerk , Hon. Lloyd F. MacMahon · 1967–1969- U.S. Naval Reserve1962–1968
Appointments
- 2005–2015 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
LL.B. · 1967- University of Notre DameB.A. · 1962