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Kevin Duffy (Kevin Thomas Duffy) was born on 10 January, 1933 in New York City, U.S., is an American judge (1933–2020). Discover Kevin Duffy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As Kevin Thomas Duffy
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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 10 January 1933
Birthday 10 January
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death 1 April, 2020
Died Place Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1933

Kevin Thomas Duffy (January 10, 1933 – April 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Born on January 10, 1933, in the Bronx, Duffy received a bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 1954 and a Bachelor of Laws from the Fordham University School of Law in 1958.

1955

He clerked for Judge J. Edward Lumbard at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1955–1958).

1958

Duffy served as an Assistant United States Attorney (1958–1959) and assistant chief of the Criminal Division (1959–1961) at the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York before going into private practice as an associate with the New York City firm Whitman, Ransom & Coulson (1961–1966).

1966

He later became a partner with Gordon & Gordon (1966–1969).

1969

Duffy was later appointed New York regional administrator of the Securities and Exchange Commission office (1969–1972).

His tenure as Regional Administrator of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission was in a time of turmoil in Wall Street.

He is viewed by many as having been the first proponent within the Commission of what eventually became Securities Investor Protection Corporation or SIPC.

1972

On September 25, 1972, Duffy was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Judge Irving Ben Cooper.

Duffy was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 12, 1972, and received his commission on October 17, 1972.

At that time, he became the youngest member of the federal judiciary.

1973

In 1973, as a new member of the Southern District, Duffy was assigned one of the most complicated and difficult organized crime narcotics cases tried in Manhattan federal court, United States v. Tramunti. Carmine Tramunti and thirty others were charged with conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics laws in connection with many sales of heroin.

Several defendants pleaded guilty; some cooperated and testified; three became fugitives prior to trial; one was murdered before trial; another, who was on bail, fell down a flight of stairs and fractured his skull during the trial; and, an attorney for another of the defendants died suddenly during the trial.

"Through it all, the young and relatively inexperienced Judge Duffy presided with poise, calm and good grace."

1977

In 1977, Duffy threatened New York Governor Hugh Carey with contempt of court for not imposing bridge tolls as Duffy had required him to under the Clean Air Act of 1963.

1983

In 1983, Duffy presided over one of the trials resulting from the Brink's robbery (1981) by the Black Liberation Army.

1985

In 1985, Duffy began a complicated multi-defendant trial involving the then-alleged leader and other members of the Gambino organized crime family.

In a pre-trial decision, he severed many defendants in the case, pointing out that if the trial were held on the original indictment, the case would have been too unwieldy and cumbersome and would have lasted more than a year.

Even with the severance, the Castellano trial was a difficult case to manage and on December 16, 1985, Paul Castellano, the alleged Gambino leader, and his bodyguard were gunned down outside of Sparks Steak House on East Forty-Sixth Street in Manhattan.

1991

182 (S.D.N.Y. 1991), in which Warner was sued over the use of the sampling of Raymond "Gilbert" O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)" by rapper Biz Markie in his song "Alone Again".

Duffy has been criticized for his opinion in Grand Upright v. Warner, partly because Duffy begins his opinion with the biblical admonition – "thou shalt not steal" and later referred the defendant to the U.S. Attorney suggesting criminal charges.

According to The Copyright Infringement Project of UCLA Law and Columbia Law School, Judge Duffy's opinion in Grand Upright v. Warner is "an iffy understanding on the part of this judge of the facts and issues before him in this case."

Duffy ruled on post-trial motions of the defendant Wadih el-Hage (bin Laden's personal secretary) who had been convicted of conspiracy to kill Americans.

El-Hage was jointly tried with those who coordinated bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa and later moved for a new trial asserting that the Government's failure to make timely disclosure of the videotapes and transcripts of twenty-eight hours of interviews between prosecutors, FBI agents and a government witness.

In an opinion spanning 54 pages of the Federal Supplement, Judge Duffy denied a motion for a new trial, after an evidentiary hearing.

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1993

Duffy also presided over the trial and conviction of the four principal perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

In a book about the trial, "Defending Mohammad: Justice on Trial," Robert E. Precht, a defense attorney for Mohammad Salameh (who rented the yellow Ryder van that carried the explosives), accused Duffy of bias and of "essentially convicting his client before the trial ended."

Other defense lawyers have applauded the Judge's fair handling of the case and after the trial, the New York Post ran a headline calling him the "Avenger."

Duffy presided over the trial of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the Bojinka plot (the Manilla Bombing Conspiracy), to hijack planes bound for the west coast of the United States and fly them into the Pacific Ocean on a coordinated schedule.

In the words of the Second Circuit, "Judge Duffy carefully, impartially, and commendably conducted the two lengthy and extraordinarily complex trials from which these appeals were taken. The fairness of the proceedings over which he presided is beyond doubt."

1998

He assumed senior status on January 10, 1998.

2003

United States v. Yousef, 327 F.3d 56, 173 (2d Cir. 2003).

Duffy's work on the civil side included difficult litigations, including presiding over the Iranian Assets Litigation, which followed from the attachment of Iranian government assets following the taking of American hostages.

He also presided over the tender offer battle in which Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. made a hostile tender offer for A&P.

Duffy presided over the copyright case Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. 780 F. Supp.

2005

v. Bin Laden, 397 F.Supp.2d 465 (S.D.N.Y. 2005).

2011

The Second Circuit affirmed "for the reasons stated by the District Court in its comprehensive Memorandum & Order. . . ." In re Terrorist Bombings of U.S. Embassies in East Africa, 2011 WL 222386 (2d Cir. January 26, 2011).

Duffy sat by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

2016

He retired from active service on September 30, 2016.