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William H. Pauley III
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1998
William H. Pauley III, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. William Henry Pauley III (August 14, 1952 – July 6, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was noted for issuing the opinion in ACLU v. Clapper in 2013 concerning the legality of the National Security Agency's bulk collection of metadata, as well as sentencing Michael Cohen to three years in prison in 2018.
Education
- Duke UniversityA.B., 1974
- Duke University School of LawJ.D., 1977
Career
Office of the Nassau County [New York] Attorney, 1977-1978; law clerk, 1977-1978; deputy county attorney, 1978; Private practice, New York City, 1978-1998; Assistant counsel to the minority leader, New York State Assembly, 1984-1998
Biography
William Henry Pauley III (August 14, 1952 – July 6, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was noted for issuing the opinion in ACLU v. Clapper in 2013 concerning the legality of the National Security Agency's bulk collection of metadata, as well as sentencing Michael Cohen to three years in prison in 2018.
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