Education
A Canadian-American of Haitian heritage, Lohier graduated from Friends" Central School, a Quaker School outside of Philadelphia in 1984.
A Canadian-American of Haitian heritage, Lohier graduated from Friends" Central School, a Quaker School outside of Philadelphia in 1984.
He was the chief of the securities and commodities fraud task force in the criminal division of the United States. Attorney"s office. He was recommended by Senator. Charles Schumer for the nomination to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that was vacated by Sonia Sotomayor when she was elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Lohier is the first Haitian-American to serve as an Article III Federal Judge and to be confirmed (unanimously) by the United States Senate as a Judge for the United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit in New New York
He worked as a law clerk for Judge Robert P. Patterson, Junior. on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New New York Early in his career, Lohier worked as an associate in the law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.
He became an Assistant United States Attorney in 2000, and later became deputy chief and then chief of the narcotics unit He later became deputy chief and then chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force.
Lohier may be most known in his career at the United States. Attorney"s office for having helped to oversee the Bernard Madoff investigation and also for having worked as a prosecutor on the Marc Stuart Dreier case.
On February 8, 2010, Schumer announced that he would recommend Lohier for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that was vacated by Sonia Sotomayor. On March 10, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Lohier to that seat. On December 19, 2010, Lohier was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 92-0.
He received his judicial commission on December 20, 2010.
On September 17, 2012, Lohier issued a temporary stay to a District Court ruling which had enjoined the enforcement of the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acting of 2012. The stay will remain in effect until a three judge panel of the Second Circuit formally rules on the provision.
Lohier"s wife, Donna Hae Kyun Lee, teaches law at City University of New York School of Law. The couple married in 1999.
They live in Brooklyn.