Former U.S. District Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy, who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1972 until his retirement in 2016, died last week at age 87 of COVID-19.

As obituaries published in the New York Times and the Washington Post report, Judge Duffy served on the federal bench with smarts and skill, personal courage about threats to his safety, and a commitment to high standards.