Gary R. Brown

Gary R. Brown
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 31, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded bySandra J. Feuerstein
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
In office
November 2011 – December 31, 2019
Personal details
Born
Gary Richard Brown

1963 (age 60–61)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Gary Richard Brown (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and former United States magistrate judge of the same court.

Biography

Brown received his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Columbia College in 1985 and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1988. Brown began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Jacob Mishler of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1988 to 1989.

From 1989 to 1996, Brown served as an assistant United States attorney in the Civil Division, where he also served as affirmative litigation coordinator from 1994 to 1996. From 1996 to 2005, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the Long Island Criminal Division at the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, where he was elevated to deputy chief in 2001 and chief in 2003. From 2005 to 2011, Brown worked at CA Technologies as senior counsel, associate general counsel, and director for litigation, and then as chief compliance officer and chief counsel of litigation.[1]

Federal judicial service

United States magistrate judge

Brown served as United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 2011 to 2019.[1]

Expired nomination to district court under Obama

On July 30, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Brown to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein, who assumed senior status on January 21, 2015.[2] He received a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on October 21, 2015.[3] On November 5, 2015, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[4] His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, at the end of the 114th Congress.

Renomination to district court under Trump

In August 2017, Brown was one of several candidates pitched by the White House to U.S. Senators from New York Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for judicial candidates for vacancies on the federal courts in New York.[5] On May 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Brown to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. His nomination was part of a bipartisan package of judicial nominees which included Eric Komitee, Rachel Kovner, John Sinatra, and Mary Kay Vyskocil.[6] On May 15, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was renominated to the same seat. On September 13, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–0 vote.[7]

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[8] On April 8, 2019, President Trump announced the renomination of Brown to the district court.[9] On May 21, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[10] On June 20, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[11] On December 18, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 91–2 vote.[12] On December 19, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a voice vote.[13] He received his judicial commission on December 31, 2019.[14]

Other interests

Brown has had a long time interest in magic, which he began performing at the age of seven. Besides many contributions to magic periodicals and websites, he authored the book The Coney Island Fakir (1997), a biography about magician Al Flosso, and Wandcraft: Making and Using a Magic Wand (2020).[15] He has appeared on television as a commentator on magic numerous times, and has frequently delivered lectures for magic organizations. In 2020 he received the "Heroism and Patriot Award" from the Society of American Magicians.[16]

Brown has also invented several magical effects, including the Viking "Spirit Trumpet" and "Telekinetic Chess" illusions.[17] Judge Brown was recently on The CW network show, Penn & Teller Fool Us, aired 3-31-2023. A Fool Us Trophy however was not awarded.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "President Obama Nominates Seven to Serve on the United States District Courts" White House, July 30, 2015
  2. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, July 30, 2015
  3. ^ "Nominations", United States Senate Judiciary Committee, October 21, 2015
  4. ^ United States Senate Judiciary Committee: Results of Executive Business Meeting – November 5, 2015
  5. ^ Tillman, Zoe (August 7, 2017). "The White House Has Pitched A Nominee For Manhattan's Powerful US Attorney Opening". BuzzFeed. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  6. ^ https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fourteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-thirteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-eighth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/
  7. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 13, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee
  8. ^ "Trump Drops Obama Picks, N.Y., Calif. Names From Judges List". Bloomberg Law. January 23, 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  9. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominations", White House, April 8, 2019
  10. ^ "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, May 21, 2019
  11. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 20, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
  12. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Gary Richard Brown to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  13. ^ "PN773 — Gary Richard Brown — The Judiciary 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  14. ^ Gary R. Brown at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  15. ^ Brown, Judge Gary. "About the Author" in Wandcraft: Making and Using a Magic Wand, p.88. Theory and Art of Magic Press, Memphis, 2020.
  16. ^ Meet Judge Brown, originally published in The Linking Ring (October 2020). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  17. ^ Judge Gary Brown, Magicpedia. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
2019–present 		Incumbent