Joseph M. McLaughlin

Joseph Michael McLaughlin (born 1933) is a federal appellate judge in the United States. Born in Brooklyn, New York. He received an A.B. from Fordham College in 1954, and was in the United States Army Corps of Engineers Captain from 1955 to 1957. He then received a LL.B. from Fordham University School of Law in 1959, and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 1964. He was in private practice of law in New York City from 1959 to 1961. He worked as a law professor at Fordham University School of Law in Manhattan from 1961 to 1971. In 1971, McLaughlin became Dean of Fordham Law School, a position he held for ten years. On July 29, 1981, McLaughlin was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States...