George B. Daniels

Personal

Birthday: 
1953
Birthplace: 
Allendale, SC
Race or Ethnicity: 
African American
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Trial attorney, Legal Aid Society of New York, 1978-1980
Law clerk, Hon. Rose Bird, Supreme Court of California, 1980-1981
Bar review course instructor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1981
Private practice, 1981-1983
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 1983-1989
Adjunct professor of law, Brooklyn Law School, 1988-1991
Judge, Criminal Court of the City of New York, 1989-1990, 1993-1995
Counsel, Mayor David Dinkins, New York City, 1990-1993
Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1995-2000

Education

Name of School: 
Yale University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1975
Name of School - Second: 

University of California Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley Law is a community of thinkers and doers exuberantly engaged in life. We are one of the nation's premier law schools, located at one of the world's great universities, in one of the most vibrant places on the planet. At Berkeley Law, we are committed to absolute top-tier education and scholarship. And we are equally committed to using our substantial intellectual capital to help solve real-world problems and to create a more just society. One of our distinguishing features is the extraordinary degree to which our students and faculty partner with people beyond the school: identifying challenges, creating alliances, solving problems, and sparking change.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1978

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
William J. Clinton
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
3/9/2000