Chester J. Straub

Judge Chester J. Straub

Personal

Birthday:

1937

Birthplace:

Brooklyn, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, New York City, 1963-1998
State assemblyman, New York, 1967-1972
State senator, New York, 1973-1975

Education

Name of School:

St. Peter`s College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1958

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1961

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Court Name:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/3/1998

Retirement from Active Service:

7/16/2008