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'{{Infobox Judge | name = Leonard B. Sand | image = | imagesize = | caption = | office = [[Senior Status|Senior Judge]] on [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] | termstart = July 1, 1993 | termend = | office1 = Judge on [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] | termstart1 = May 19, 1978 | termend1 = July 1, 1993 | nominator = | appointer1 = [[Jimmy Carter]] | predecessor1 = [[Charles M. Metzner]] | successor1 = [[Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr.]] | office2 = | termstart2 = | termend2 = | nominator2 = | appointer2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1928}} | birth_place = [[New York, NY]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | religion = |alma_mater = [[New York University]] <small>([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]])</small> <br /> [[Harvard Law School]] <small>([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])</small> }} '''Leonard Burke Sand''' (born 1928 in [[New York City]]) is a senior [[United States federal judge]] on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]]. ==Early life and education== Judge Sand was born and raised in the [[Bronx]]. He received a B.S. from the [[New York University]] School of Commerce (now the [[New York University Stern School of Business]]) in 1947 and an LL.B. from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1951, where he was Note Editor for the [[Harvard Law Review]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/24/business/business-people-federated-case-judge-takes-scholarly-view.html | work=The New York Times | first=Daniel F. | last=Cuff | title=BUSINESS PEOPLE; Federated Case Judge Takes Scholarly View | date=March 24, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Harvard Law Review|year=1950–1951|volume=64|pages=113|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/hlr64&div=51&g_sent=1&collection=journals}}</ref> Sand served as a [[United States Naval Reserve]] Ensign from 1951-1953.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges - Sand, Leonard B.|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2095&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na}}</ref> ==Career== After law school, Judge Sand served as a law clerk to Judge [[Irving R. Kaufman]], then on the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]]. In 1953, Sand was appointed Assistant [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]], serving in the Criminal Division, which was followed by two years in private practice with the firm of Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin & Kaye (later renamed [[Rosenman & Colin]], LLP).<ref>{{cite web|title=The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York: A Retrospective (1990-2000), at 43|url=http://www.nycla.org/publications/fedcts.pdf}}</ref> From 1956 to 1959, he served as an assistant to the [[United States Solicitor General]] in Washington, during which he argued 13 cases before the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/04/nyregion/man-in-the-news-leonard-burke-sand-mild-mannered-us-judge-under-attack.html | work=The New York Times | first=Dena | last=Kleiman | title=MAN IN THE NEWS: LEONARD BURKE SAND; Mild-Mannered U.S. Judge Under Attack | date=August 4, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Federal Judicial Center Bio of Leonard Burke Sand|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2095&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na}}</ref> Sand then reentered private practice in New York, eventually becoming a named partner of the firm then known as Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, Sand & Berman (renamed [[Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman]] after Sand's appointment to the bench). While in private practice, he successfully argued ''WMCA, Inc. v. Lomenzo'', 377 U.S. 633 (1964), before the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], a redistricting case decided in tandem with [[Reynolds v. Sims]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Oyez - WMCA, Inc. v. Lomenzo|url=http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1963/1963_20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oyez - Case Calendar - 1963-11-13|url=http://www.oyez.org/case_calendar/1963-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/24/business/business-people-federated-case-judge-takes-scholarly-view.html | work=The New York Times | first=Daniel F. | last=Cuff | title=BUSINESS PEOPLE; Federated Case Judge Takes Scholarly View | date=March 24, 1988}}</ref> The Court had set aside a week to hear nothing but reapportionment cases, and Sand was the first litigator to argue that week.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Goldner|first=Diane|title=Leonard Sand of the Southern District: 'Exactly What a Judge Should Be'|journal=Manhattan Lawyer|date=March 8, 1988}}</ref> He recalled being bombarded with questions from the justices.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Goldner|first=Diane|title=Leonard Sand of the Southern District: 'Exactly What a Judge Should Be'|journal=Manhattan Lawyer|date=March 8, 1988}}</ref> He was elected as a Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1967. Nominated to the court by [[Jimmy Carter]] on April 7, 1978, to a seat vacated by [[Charles M. Metzner]], he was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on May 17, 1978, and received his commission on May 19, 1978. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1993. Sand has sat [[by designation]] on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]]. Sand also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at [[New York University School of Law]], where he teaches, along with Judge [[John G. Koeltl]], a seminar on Constitutional Litigation.<ref>{{cite web|title=NYU Law Course Descriptions|url=https://its.law.nyu.edu/courses/index.cfm?}}</ref> Sand was awarded the Learned Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence by the Federal Bar Council in 1992<ref>{{cite web|title=Federal Bar Council - Learned Hand Award Recipients|url=http://www.federalbarcouncil.org/FBCFiles/LearnedHandAwardRecipients.pdf}}</ref> and the Edward Weinfeld Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Administration of Justice from the New York County Lawyers’ Association in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title=The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York: A Retrospective (1990-2000)|url=http://www.nycla.org/publications/fedcts.pdf}}</ref> He is also the recipient of the American Arbitration Association’s Whitney North Seymour, Sr. Medal and is a fellow of the [[American College of Trial Lawyers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=American College of Trial Lawyers - Attorney Directory|url=http://www.actl.com/Source/Members/actl_SearchResults.cfm?s=1&section=Attorney_Directory&Name=sand%2C+leonard&state=&City=&practice=&x=0&y=0}}</ref> On April 3, 2014, Judge Sand was awarded the New York City Bar Association's Association Medal, which is "presented from time to time to a member of the New York Bar who has made exceptional contributions to the honor and standing of the bar in this community."<ref>{{cite web|title=New York City Bar Association - The Association Medal|url=http://www.nycbar.org/about-us/awards-aamp-special-lectures/the-association-award}}</ref> Sand's former [[law clerks]] include law professor [[Ann Althouse]], [[Columbia University]]'s General Counsel Jane E. Booth,<ref>{{cite web|title=Office of the General Counsel, Columbia University|url=http://ogc.columbia.edu/jane-e-booth}}</ref> the [[Hearst Corporation]]'s Senior Vice President and General Counsel Eve Burton,<ref>{{cite web|title=Corporate Management - Eve Burton|url=http://www.hearst.com/about-hearst/corporate-eve-burton.php}}</ref> [[Massachusetts Appeals Court]] Associate Justice Gary S. Katzmann,<ref>{{cite web|title=Associate Justice Gary S. Katzmann|url=http://www.mass.gov/courts/appealscourt/justices/katzmann.html}}</ref> [[Microsoft]]'s Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property Strategy Tom Rubin,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Center for Internet and Society - Tom Rubin|url=http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/profile/tom-rubin}}</ref> [[Ernst & Young]]'s Americas Vice Chair and General Counsel Michael S. Solender,<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael S. Solender - Biography|url=http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/CBL_Bios/Michael_Solender_bio_ernstyoung_revised.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yale Law School - Michael Solender|url=http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/MSolender.htm}}</ref> and former interim [[United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York]] [[Alan Vinegrad]]. ==Portrayal in the media== [[Bob Balaban]] plays Sand in the [[HBO]] [[television miniseries]] ''[[Show Me a Hero]]'' (2015), which depicts the well-known ''United States v. City of Yonkers'' housing desegregation case.<ref>Tirdad Derakhshani, [http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/television/20150816_HBO_s__Show_Me_a_Hero___Intelligent_but_hardly_heroic.html HBO's 'Show Me a Hero': Intelligent but hardly heroic], ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' (August 16, 2015).</ref> ==Publications== Sand is co-editor, with Judge [[Jed S. Rakoff]] and others, of ''Modern Federal Jury Instructions,''<ref>{{cite web|title=Library of Congress Catalog Record|url=http://lccn.loc.gov/84072026}}</ref> and has written extensively on juries<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sand|first=Leonard B.|author2=Steven Alan Reiss |title=Report on Seven Experiments Conducted by District Court Judges in the Second Circuit|journal=60 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 423 (1985)}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sand|first=Leonard B.|title=Batson and Jury Selection Revisited|journal=22 Litigation 3 (1995-1996)}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sand|first=Leonard B.|title=Trial by Non-Jury|journal=13 Litigation 5 (1986-1987)}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sand|first=Leonard B.|title=Getting Through to Jurors|journal=17 Litigation 3 (1990-1991)}}</ref> as well as on other issues in law.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sand|first=Leonard B.|author2=Danielle L. Rose |title=Proof Beyond All Possible Doubt: Is there a Need for Higher Burden of Proof When the Sentence May Be Death|journal=78 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1359 (2003)}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sand|first=Leonard B.|title=Preserving the Rule of Law in Hong Kong after July 1, 1997: A Report of a Mission of Inquiry|journal=18 U. Pa. J. Int'l Econ. L. 367 (1997)|display-authors=etal}}</ref> * Leonard B. Sand, et al., ''Modern Federal Jury Instructions''. * Leonard B. Sand & Danielle L. Rose, ''Proof Beyond All Possible Doubt: Is there a Need for Higher Burden of Proof When the Sentence May Be Death?'', 78 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 1359 (2003). * Leonard B. Sand, et al., ''Preserving the Rule of Law in Hong Kong after July 1, 1997: A Report of a Mission of Inquiry'', 18 U. Pa. J. Int'l Econ. L. 367 (1997). * Leonard B. Sand, ''Batson and Jury Selection Revisited'', 22 Litigation 3 (1995-1996). * Leonard B. Sand, ''Getting Through to Jurors'', 17 Litigation 3 (1990-1991). * Leonard B. Sand, ''Trial by Non-Jury'', 13 Litigation 5 (1986-1987). * Leonard B. Sand & Steven Alan Reiss, ''Report on Seven Experiments Conducted by District Court Judges in the Second Circuit'', 60 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 423 (1985). ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{FJC Bio|2095}} * [http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/sand_lb.htm Leonard Sand Papers] at Syracuse University {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[[Charles Miller Metzner]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]]|years=1978–1993}} {{s-aft|after=[[Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr.]]}} {{s-end}} {{United States 2nd Circuit senior district judges}} {{Authority control}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Sand, Leonard B. | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American judge | DATE OF BIRTH = 1928 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[New York, NY]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sand, Leonard B.}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York]] [[Category:United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter]] [[Category:Stern School of Business alumni]] [[Category:Harvard Law School alumni]]'