Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum
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Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum (born 1929 in New York City) is a senior judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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[edit] Federal judicial service
Cedarbaum was nominated by Ronald Reagan on February 3, 1986, to a seat vacated by Charles E. Stewart. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3, 1986, and received commission on March 4, 1986. Cedarbaum assumed senior status on March 31, 1998.
[edit] Education
Cedarbaum attended Barnard College (B.A. 1950) and Columbia Law School (LL.B. 1953).
[edit] Professional career
- Law clerk, judge Edward J. Dimock, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1953-1954
- Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1954-1957
- Attorney, Court of Claims Section, Office of the Deputy U.S. Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1958-1959
- Part-time legal consultant, New York City, 1959-1962
- First assistant counsel, New York State Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, 1963-1964
- Associate counsel, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 1965-1979
- Acting village justice, Village of Scarsdale, New York, 1978-1982
- Village justice, Village of Scarsdale, New York, 1982-1986
- Private practice, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York City, 1979-1986
[edit] Personal
Cedarbaum was married to the late Bernard Cedarbaum, long-time partner at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, and has two children, Daniel, a lawyer and leader of Reconstructionist Judaism in Chicago, and Jonathan, a lawyer in D.C. who clerked for Associate Justice David Souter of the Supreme Court.[1][2] [3][4]
[edit] Sources
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of Federal Judges compiled by the Federal Judicial Center.
