2011 Great Immigrants
Denny Chin
Judge
Born in Hong Kong
President Obama appointed Denny Chin to be a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2009. Prior to that Chin was appointed by President Clinton to the position of U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York in 1994, and in that role he presided over the notable case U.S. v. Madoff. He has taught legal writing at Fordham Law School since 1986 and has sat on the boards of numerous nonprofit organizations. Updated 2011
