Biography
Honorable John G. Koeltl was appointed United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York on August 11, 1994 and entered on duty on September 9, 1994. He graduated from Georgetown University with an A.B. degree summa cum laude in 1967 and received a J.D. degree magna cum laude for Harvard Law School in 1971, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
From 1971 to 1972, Judge Koeltl was a law clerk to the Hon. Edward Weinfeld, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York and from 1972 to 1973 he was a law clerk to the Hon. Potter Stewart, United States Supreme Court. He served as an Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, Department of Justice from 1973 to 1974. In February 1975 he became an Associate with Debevoise & Plimpton until January 1979 when he became a partner with the firm. He remained at Debevoise & Plimpton until his appointment to the bench in 1994.
Judge Koeltl is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Council, the Federal Communications Bar Association, the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, the American Judicature Society, Phi Beta Kappa Associates, the Supreme Court Historical Society and the Harvard Law School Association of New York. Judge Koeltl is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.
Judge Koeltl is a former member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and the Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference of the United States.