Philip Morgan Halpern
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Born 1956.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jan 23, 2019
- Senate vote
- 77 to 19
- Confirmed
- Feb 12, 2020
- Commissioned
- Feb 21, 2020
Education
- B.S., Fordham University, 1977
- J.D., Pace University School of Law (now Elisabeth Haub School of Law), 1980
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Irving Ben Cooper, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1980-1982, 1982-1983 (part-time)
- Private practice, New York City, 1982-1984
- Private practice, White Plains, New York, 1984-2020
- Adjunct professor, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, 2016-2017, 2019
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, November 13, 2018; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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