Judge Scheindlin sits on Woodsford’s Investment Advisory Panel. She was appointed to the bench in 1994 by President Bill Clinton and has presided over numerous criminal and civil cases during her 22-year tenure with the Southern District of New York. Judge Scheindlin oversaw a wide range of high-profile matters relating to criminal law, financial services and securities laws, electronic discovery, civil rights and more. Among many important cases, her opinions in electronic case management are recognised as case law landmarks, and she is the co-author of the first casebook on electronic discovery.

Earlier in her career, she served as Chief Administrative U.S. Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. She was also general counsel of the New York City Department of Investigations and a Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District. Additionally, she sat by designation on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits. Since leaving the bench, Judge Scheindlin has conducted well over a hundred mediations and arbitrations.