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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964–1977
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Education
- Antioch CollegeB.A., 1949
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1952
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Curtis Bok, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania], 1952-1953; Assistant district attorney, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 1953-1954; Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1954-1962; Special deputy attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1956-1962; Special hearing officer for conscientious objectors, U.S. Department of Justice, 1960-1962; Commissioner, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, 1961-1962; Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, 1962-1964; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990; Private practice, New York City and Washington, D.C., 1993-1998; Professor, Harvard University, 1993-1998
Biography
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. (February 25, 1928 – December 14, 1998) was an American civil rights advocate, historian, presidential adviser, and federal court judge. From 1990 to 1991, he served as chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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