Kevin Duffy
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Kevin Thomas Duffy (born 1933) is an American lawyer and currently a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Duffy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham College in 1954 and with an LL.B from the Fordham University School of Law in 1958. He clerked for J. Edward Lumbard a Second Circuit Court of Appeals (1955-1958).
Duffy served as an Assistant United States Attorney (1958-1959) and assistant chief of the Criminal Division (1959-1961) at the office of the U.S. 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). He later became a partner with Gordon & Gordon (1966-1969). Duffy later appointed New York regional administrator of the Securities and Exchange Commission office (1969-1972). In 1972 he was appointed by President Richard Nixon and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Duffy has served as a adjunct professor for several different universities, including Brooklyn Law School (1975-1980, securities), York University Law School (1983-1984, trial advocacy), Pace University School of Law (1984-1986, trial advocacy), and Fordham University School of Law (1993-present, trial advocacy)
Duffy is married to his wife Irene. They have four children: Keven Thomas, Jr., Irene Moira, Gavin Edward, and Patrick Giles.
Duffy presided over the trial and conviction of the four principal perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
