Naomi Reice Buchwald

Naomi Reice Buchwald
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office March 21, 2012
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office September 22, 1999 – March 21, 2012
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Miriam G. Cedarbaum
Succeeded by	Analisa Torres
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office 1994–1999
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 72–73) Kingston, New York
Education	Brandeis University B.A. Columbia Law School LL.B.

Naomi Reice Buchwald (born 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Buchwald was born in Kingston, New York, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University in 1965 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Columbia Law School in 1968. After law school, Buchwald practiced law in New York until 1973, when she became an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, rising to the position of Chief of the Civil Division. She held this position until being named a United States Magistrate Judge in the same district in 1980. She served as Chief United States Magistrate Judge from 1994 until 1999.

On February 12, 1999, Buchwald was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Miriam G. Cedarbaum. Buchwald was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 13, 1999, and received her commission on September 22, 1999. She assumed senior status on March 21, 2012.

She is married to criminal defense attorney Don Buchwald, also a former Assistant United States Attorney, and has two grown children.

In March 2013, Buchwald dismissed much, though not all, of a class action lawsuit directed at the banks that allegedly manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).

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