Know Your Judge: George B. Daniels

This week in Know Your Judge, we feature George B. Daniels of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Daniels was nominated by President Bill Clinton and joined the federal bench in 2000. Before becoming a federal judge, Daniels spent five years as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, which is the state’s trial court.

Daniels last week was assigned to preside over a high-profile case challenging how Columbia University managed its employees’ retirement savings. Daniels, who replaced Judge Katherine B. Forrest on the case after she returned to the New York law ...