Background
Forde Medina, Junior, Standish was born on June 16, 1940.
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Standish Forde Medina, Junior.
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Princeton (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Columbia (Bachelor of Laws, 1965. Master of Laws, 1966).
Career
Worked at Debevoise & Plimpton (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1965, New York Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1964-1965.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Visiting Lecturer, 1991-1992 and Associate-in-Law, 1964-1965, Columbia University School of Law.
Author: "Settlement Practices in the Second Circuit," for the Committee on the Improvement of Civil Litigation, 1988.
Company-author: "Federal Court Practice and Procedure," New York State Bar Association Committee on Federal Courts, 1979. Trustee, 1976-1991, The Hill School. Trustee, 1988-1992, The Episcopal School.
Trustee, Saint Bernard"s School, 1992.
Chair, Standing Committee on the Improvement of Civil Litigation of the Judicial Council of the United States. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1986-1990.
Member, Second Circuit Committee on the Practical Phase of Civil Litigation, 1984-1986. Member, Civil Litigation Committee of the Eastern District of New York, 1985-1988.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on Membership, 1986-1990.
Member, Executive Committee, 1982-1986. Chair, Committee on Federal Courts, 1978-1981. Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 1978-1981.
Special Committee on Requirements of the Courts, 1978-1981.
Committee on Federal Courts, 1975-1978. Committee on Federal Legislation, 1971-1975).
New York State and American (Company-Chair, Committee on Pleadings, Motions and Pretrial, Litigation Section, 1986-1987. Vice Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, Litigation Section, 1981-1982) Bar Associations.
Federal Bar Council; American Law Institute.
Debevoise & Plimpton a preeminent international law firm, was founded in 1931 and today has over 370 lawyers with offices in New York, Washington, District of Columbia, Los Angeles, Paris, London and Budapest.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Second Circuit Committee on the Practical Phase of Civil Litigation, 1984-1986. Member, Civil Litigation Committee of the Eastern District of New York, 1985-1988. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on Membership, 1986-1990.
Member, Executive Committee, 1982-1986.
Chair, Committee on Federal Courts, 1978-1981. Member, Committee on the Judiciary, 1978-1981.
Special Committee on Requirements of the Courts, 1978-1981. Committee on Federal Courts, 1975-1978.
Committee on Federal Legislation, 1971-1975).
New York State and American (Company-Chair, Committee on Pleadings, Motions and Pretrial, Litigation Section, 1986-1987. Vice Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, Litigation Section, 1981-1982) Bar Associations. Federal Bar Council; American Law Institute.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Visiting Lecturer, 1991-1992 and Associate-in-Law, 1964-1965, Columbia University School of Law.
