Brian Cogan
He graduated from University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975 and received his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 1979, where he was an editor of the Cornell Law Review.Following graduation, Cogan clerked for Judge Sidney Aronovitz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[2] Cogan was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 25, 2006, to a seat vacated by Frederic Block.He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 4, 2006, and received his commission on June 7, 2006.[3] Cogan was the judge for the trial of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, which lasted from November 13, 2018 to February 12, 2019 and ended with a guilty verdict.