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Denise Cote
Denise Louise Cote (born October 13, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Cote was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary's College in 1968 and a Master of Arts in history from Columbia University in 1969, after which she taught U.S. history, world history, and African-American history at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a school in Manhattan. Cote then attended Columbia Law School, where she was Notes & Comments Editor of the Columbia Law Review, and she received her Juris Doctor in 1975.
After law school, Cote clerked for Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1975 to 1976. Cote worked in private practice as a litigator in New York City from 1976 to 1977 at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, and again from 1985 to 1991 at Kaye Scholer. She also served as an Assistant United States Attorney of the Southern District of New York in the office's Criminal Division from 1977 to 1985, and returned to the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1991 under U.S. Attorney Otto G. Obermaier to serve as Chief of the SDNY Criminal Division, the first woman to ever serve in that position. As Chief of the Criminal Division, Cote supervised approximately 140 lawyers and overhauled the USAO's training program for young attorneys. In 1994, Cote briefly served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant United States Attorney General of the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., before being confirmed to her federal judgeship.
Cote serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Cote was nominated by President Bill Clinton on April 26, 1994, to a seat vacated by Mary Johnson Lowe. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1994, received her commission on August 10, 1994, and took office on August 11, 1994. She assumed senior status on December 15, 2011.
Among Cote's most famous cases in recent years were the federal securities and ERISA class-action lawsuits brought by former employees or investors in WorldCom against former directors and officers of WorldCom; its auditor, Arthur Andersen; and more than 10 investment banks that sold WorldCom securities.
Cote regularly sits by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Cote has also taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Cote is a member of the "Patent Pilot Project" in the Southern District of New York.
McDermott v. Monday, Monday LLC (S.D.N.Y. February 22, 2018) In a formal opinion, Judge Cote described attorney Richard Liebowitz as a "copyright troll". She also wrote a definition of the term: "A copyright troll plays a numbers game in which it targets hundreds or thousands of defendants seeking quick settlements priced just low enough that it is less expensive for the defendant to pay the troll rather than defend the claim." Liebowitz requested that the term be redacted from the opinion, but Cote denied his request.
Denise Cote
Denise Louise Cote (born October 13, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Cote was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Mary's College in 1968 and a Master of Arts in history from Columbia University in 1969, after which she taught U.S. history, world history, and African-American history at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a school in Manhattan. Cote then attended Columbia Law School, where she was Notes & Comments Editor of the Columbia Law Review, and she received her Juris Doctor in 1975.
After law school, Cote clerked for Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1975 to 1976. Cote worked in private practice as a litigator in New York City from 1976 to 1977 at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, and again from 1985 to 1991 at Kaye Scholer. She also served as an Assistant United States Attorney of the Southern District of New York in the office's Criminal Division from 1977 to 1985, and returned to the U.S. Attorney's Office in 1991 under U.S. Attorney Otto G. Obermaier to serve as Chief of the SDNY Criminal Division, the first woman to ever serve in that position. As Chief of the Criminal Division, Cote supervised approximately 140 lawyers and overhauled the USAO's training program for young attorneys. In 1994, Cote briefly served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant United States Attorney General of the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., before being confirmed to her federal judgeship.
Cote serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Cote was nominated by President Bill Clinton on April 26, 1994, to a seat vacated by Mary Johnson Lowe. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1994, received her commission on August 10, 1994, and took office on August 11, 1994. She assumed senior status on December 15, 2011.
Among Cote's most famous cases in recent years were the federal securities and ERISA class-action lawsuits brought by former employees or investors in WorldCom against former directors and officers of WorldCom; its auditor, Arthur Andersen; and more than 10 investment banks that sold WorldCom securities.
Cote regularly sits by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Cote has also taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Cote is a member of the "Patent Pilot Project" in the Southern District of New York.
McDermott v. Monday, Monday LLC (S.D.N.Y. February 22, 2018) In a formal opinion, Judge Cote described attorney Richard Liebowitz as a "copyright troll". She also wrote a definition of the term: "A copyright troll plays a numbers game in which it targets hundreds or thousands of defendants seeking quick settlements priced just low enough that it is less expensive for the defendant to pay the troll rather than defend the claim." Liebowitz requested that the term be redacted from the opinion, but Cote denied his request.