Hon. Colleen McMahon, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York - 2022 Edward Weinfeld Award Honoree

The New York County Lawyers Association is proud to present the latest episode of Amicus Curiae with Host Daniel K. Wiig. In this episode with speak with the 2022 Edward Weinfeld Award Honoree: Hon. Colleen McMahon. The Honorable Colleen McMahon is Senior District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.  President Clinton nominated Judge McMahon to the Court in 1998, and she served as Chief Judge of that Court from 2016 – 2021.  Prior to her federal judicial service, Judge McMahon was a Judge of the New York Court of Claim and Acting Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1995-1998.  The Judge spent nearly twenty years in private practice, and briefly served as speech writer for Donald McHenry, the then- United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She is the author of "View from Gabbatha, Mediations from the Bench" and "Meditations for Vestry Members". Judge McMahon is the 2022 Recipient of NYCLA's Edward Weinfeld Award, recognizing the Judge McMahon's distinguished contributions to the administration of justice.