Talk:Kenneth Conboy

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Formerly notable?

Is this person only formerly notable since he is no longer a federal judge for etc etc?[1] which says, Hon. Kenneth Conboy is a partner in Latham & Watkins' New York office and former United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. If he is no longer notable perhaps this article should be speedy deleted. Julia Rossi (talk) 10:20, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's a pretty interesting point. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I tend to think that all U.S. federal judges are pretty notable for the plain fact that it's a somewhat political appointment for basically a lifetime of service where there is a great potential to shape the course of the law. But if he resigned it seems less clear. This article has been pretty stubby ever since I created it. Maybe I should delve a little deeper and see what I can find. I'll try to fill the article out in the meantime with notable facts.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:17, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess if he were an extant judge he would be notable on the grounds that you mention, but since he's gone into private practice it could be more like advertising or promoting the firm. Best with your hunt, Julia Rossi (talk) 04:40, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It would be churlish to claim seeking speedy del meant a colleague had a bias, but more the point, this is a great object lesson: after going into private practice as a big-shot in SD/NY (also known as the most, or mebbe second most, important Federal trial jurisdiction in the US, in terms influencing higher and lower judges in judging what is settled law) was appointed a special master to bring down a corrupt Teamsters boss. Construing resigned as anywhere near entailing "failed", "disgraced", or "tired of being a big shot" is nonsense. Go figure!
In fact, retaining that earlier content will support our coverage of matters whose significance may not become clear in his lifetime. PAPER.
--JerzyA (talk) 14:44, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bot-created subpage

A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Kenneth Conboy was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 17:56, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]