Richard J. Holwell

Richard James Holwell (born 1946) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Holwell resigned from the bench on February 7, 2012. Education and career Born in New York City, New York, Holwell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law in 1970. He graduated from Cambridge University School of Criminology in 1971. He was in private practice of law in New York City, from 1971 to 2003, becoming a partner at White & Case LLP. There, his practice concentrated on securities, antitrust, bankruptcy and financial-market matters, as well as civil and criminal investigations before the Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission. Holwell also represented former New York governor George Pataki in a case that upheld the governor's authority to remove a district attorney who opposed the death penalty. Federal judicial service