Joseph Michael McLaughlin (March 20, 1933 – August 8, 2013) was a

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of the

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and a United States District Judge of the

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Biography

Joseph Michael McLaughlin was born in

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on March 20, 1933. He was raised in a working-class family.

Education and career

McLaughlin received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from

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in 1954, and was a

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in the

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Corps of Engineers from 1955 to 1957. He then received a

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from

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in 1959, and a

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from

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in 1964. He was in private practice of law in

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from 1959 to 1961 at what is now

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. He worked as a law professor at

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from 1961 to 1971. In 1971, McLaughlin became

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of Fordham Law School, a position he held for ten years.

Federal judicial service

On July 29, 1981, McLaughlin was nominated by President

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to a new seat on the

created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the

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on September 25, 1981, and received his commission on September 28, 1981. His service terminated on October 18, 1990, due to elevation to the court of appeals. On July 10, 1990, President

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nominated McLaughlin for elevation to a seat on the

vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 12, 1990, and received commission on October 17, 1990. McLaughlin assumed senior status on March 20, 1998 and continued to hear cases in that capacity.

Other service

In addition to serving as a judge, since 1982, McLaughlin was an adjunct professor of law at

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and Fordham University School of Law. His publications included numerous works on the law of

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and

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. Judge McLaughlin co-authored ''Cases and Methods on New York Practice''. He was the author of Practice Commentaries for McKinney's New York CPLR and the PLI Monograph on Evidence. He was also the editor-in-chief of Federal Practice Guide (Matthew Bender), and of Weinstein’s Evidence (Matthew Bender).

Death

McLaughlin died at a nursing home of pneumonia in 2013.

References

Sources

FJC Bio

External links

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