Richard Gergel
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Richard Gergel | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
| Assumed office August 9, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Henry Michael Herlong Jr. |
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| Born | Richard Mark Gergel August 14, 1954 Columbia, South Carolina |
| Spouse | Belinda Gergel |
| Education | Duke University (BA, JD) |
Richard Mark Gergel (born August 14, 1954) is a South Carolina lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Early life and education
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Gergel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1979.[1][2] Gergel's cousin was well-known industrial chemist Max Gergel, President/CEO of the Columbia Organic Chemical Company, or COCC.[3]
Professional career
From 1979 until 1980, Gergel served as a
Notable case
In 1994, Gergel was the attorney representing the South Carolina Education Association and public school teacher Maggi Smith Hall. The case went to the
The case, Hall v. Marion School District 2, 31 F.3d 183 (4th Cir. 1994), upheld the lower court's decision that Mullins District 2 acted illegally in firing Hall for exercising free speech in criticizing her superintendent and school board for reckless spending.
Federal judicial service
On December 22, 2009, President
Trial of Dylann Roof
Gergel was the presiding judge on the trial of
Author
Gergel is the author of Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019) and, with Belinda Gergel, of In Pursuit of the Tree of Life: A History of the Early Jews of Columbia, South Carolina (1996). [7]
References
- ^ a b President Obama Nominates Judge J. Michelle Childs, Richard Mark Gergel to District Court Bench for the District of South Carolina Archived February 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, whitehouse.gov (December 22, 2009).
- ^ "Richard Mark Gergel Biography – Gergel Nickles & Solomon Attorneys At Law". Archived from the original on February 11, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Richard Gergel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 12/22/09, whitehouse.gov (December 22, 2009).
- ^ Monk, John (August 6, 2010). "Columbians Gergel, Childs Confirmed as Federal Judges". www.libertyfellowshipsc.org. The State. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "Judge Richard Gergel". Library of Congress. 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
External links
- Richard Gergel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Richard Mark Gergel at Ballotpedia
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