COURT: SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
AGE: 48
CONFIRMED: OCTOBER 2011
APPOINTED BY: OBAMA
In her 20 years as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Katherine Forrest made a name for herself arguing intellectual property cases for major entertainment companies. But Forrest’s biggest case since joining the Manhattan federal bench in October 2011 has been on an altogether different matter: a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 that gives the president the power to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely without trial.
