Background
Baird, Bruce Allen was born on March 26, 1948 in Cincinnati. Son of William Wendell and Audrey (Geignetter) Baird.
Baird, Bruce Allen was born on March 26, 1948 in Cincinnati. Son of William Wendell and Audrey (Geignetter) Baird.
Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Worked at Covington & Burling. Admitted to the bar, 1976, New New York 1979, District of Columbia.
Editor-in-Chief, New York University Law Review, 1974-1975.
Author: "Environmental Crimes Under the Sentencing Guidelines," in Practice Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (P. Bamberger and Doctorate. Gottlieb, 3d educated 1995) (contributing author).
Current Legal Theories in Litigation Involving Derivative Contracts (American Bar Association Business Law Section 1995). Representing Banks and Thrifts in a High Risk Environment: Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Actions Class Action Securities Fraud Suits, and Criminal Actions Involving Financial Institutions (District of Columbia Bar/George Washington University Law Center, 1993).
The New Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (Continuing legal education Programs 1991-1992).
"RICO Pretrial Restraints and Due Process: The Lessons of Princeton/Newport," 65 Notre Dame L. Review 1009 (1990); "Criminal Investigative Powers Under FIRREA," 26 Review of Banking and Financial Services Number. 13, 1990. Law Clerk to the Honorary James C. Oakes, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1976-1977.
Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, 1975-1976. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1980-1989. Chief, Securities and Commodities Frauds Unit, United States.
Attorneys" Office, Southern District of New York, 1987-1989.
Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, United States. Attorney" General’ s Office, Southern District of New York, 1986-1987. Company-Chair, Subcommittee on Securities and Commodities Fraud, White Collar Crime Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Criminal Justice, 1994.
Member American Bar Association (co-chair securities and commodities fraud subcommittee of white collar crime committee of criminal justice section since 1994), New York State Bar Association (professional judicial ethics committee 1982-1989), Association of Bar of City of New York (professional judicial ethics committee 1979-1982, 86-89), Federal Bar Council, District of Columbia Bar Association.
Married Erica Borden, July 27, 1975 (divorced 1993). 1 child, Jessica; married Nicolette Adair Heidepriem, September 17, 1993. 1 child, William.