William F. Kuntz II
William Francis Kuntz II (born June 24, 1950) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
William F. Kuntz II | |
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Kuntz in 2015 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2022 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York | |
| In office October 4, 2011 – January 1, 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Nina Gershon |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Francis Kuntz II June 24, 1950 New York City, New York |
| Education | Harvard College (AB) Harvard University (AM, PhD, JD) |
Early life and education
Born in New York City, Kuntz graduated from Fordham Preparatory School in 1968, and earned an Artium Baccalaureus in 1972 from Harvard College.[1] He then earned an Artium Magister in 1974 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1979 from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor in 1977 from Harvard Law School.[1][2]
Professional career
From 1978 until 1986, Kuntz was an associate in the New York law firm Shearman & Sterling.[1] From 1986 until 1994, Kuntz was a partner in the New York law firm Milgrim Thomajan Jacobs & Lee, and from 1994 until 2001, Kuntz was a partner in the New York law firm Seward & Kissel.[1] From 2001 until 2004, he was a partner in the New York office of the Canadian law firm Torys LLP, and from 2004 until 2005, he was counsel at the New York law firm Constantine & Cannon.[1] From 2005 until becoming a federal judge, Kuntz was a partner in the New York office of the law firm Baker Hostetler.[1] His specialty is commercial and labor litigation.[1] Prior to his appointment to the EDNY, Kuntz was the New York City Council’s designee from Kings County to the Civilian Complaint Review Board from October 1993 through 2010.[3][2]
Federal judicial service
On March 9, 2011, President Obama nominated Kuntz to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York that became vacant when Judge Nina Gershon took senior status in 2008.[4] The United States Senate confirmed Kuntz by unanimous consent on October 3, 2011.[5] He received his judicial commission the following day.[2] Kuntz assumed senior status on January 1, 2022.
Personal
Kuntz's wife, Dr. Alice Beal, is the director of palliative care for the New York Harbor Healthcare System Veterans Administration. They live in Brooklyn, New York, where they are members of the parish of the Brooklyn Oratory of St. Boniface. Their son Will is the vice president of soccer operations and assistant general manager for Los Angeles FC,[6] and one daughter, Katharine Meleney is a physician, trained in infectious diseases, and another daughter, Elizabeth, is a librarian.
The Following is a quote from fixthecourt.com:
"In the process of reporting its story on judges’ missed stock-based recusals, the Wall Street Journal reached out to all 131 judges whose missed recusals they identified. Many of them apologized and had the court clerk file a notice about their error(s). It’s possible that a fair number of those cases will be reopened. Other judges were defiant and didn’t see an issue. In any event, we’d like to note some of the excuses they gave the reporters.
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Judge William Kuntz II (E.D.N.Y.) said that the conflict-check software failed to mark that an American Home Mortgage Service affiliate, in which Kuntz had a financial stake, was a conflict. Remember how then-Judge Barrett’s public conflicts sheet included seven variations of “Shell Oil Co.”? Here’s why: according to Judge Edgardo Ramos (S.D.N.Y.), only exact matches get flagged by the conflict-check software. With Ramos, the software failed to mark “ExxonMobil Oil Corp.” as a conflict since, he said, he only has “Exxon Mobil Corp.” on his conflicts list."
https://fixthecourt.com/2021/09/100-federal-judges-failed-recuse-owned-stock-litigant-whats-excuses/
Here is a link to the WSJ article:
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (March 9, 2011). "President Obama Nominates William Francis Kuntz, II to the United States District Court". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 27, 2011 – via National Archives.
- ^ a b c "Kuntz, William Francis II – Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ (PDF). www.nyc.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (March 9, 2011). "Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 27, 2011 – via National Archives.
- ^ . judiciary.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (January 27, 2017). "LAFC name former MLS executive Will Kuntz vice president, assistant GM". MLSsoccer.com.
External links
- William F. Kuntz II at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- William Kuntz at Ballotpedia