Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum

Personal

Birthday: 
1929
Birthplace: 
New York, NY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

Law clerk, Hon. Edward J. Dimock, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1953-1954
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1954-1957
Attorney, Court of Claims Section, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958-1959
Part-time legal consultant, New York City, 1959-1962
First assistant counsel, New York State Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, 1963-1964
Associate counsel, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 1965-1979
Acting justice, Scarsdale [New York] Village Court, 1978-1982
Justice, Scarsdale [New York] Village Court, 1982-1986
Private practice, New York City, 1979-1986

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, December 4, 1985; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
Barnard College
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1950
Name of School - Second: 

Columbia Law School

Public service is a critical component of a legal education and the professional development of our students," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. "This new guarantee supports a core principle of our school, as we aspire to train lawyers who view pro bono work as central to their commitment to our system of justice.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1953

Judicial Career

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

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
3/4/1986
Retirement from Active Service: 
3/31/1998