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Elijah Barrett Prettyman
Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1945
Elijah Barrett Prettyman , Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Elijah Barrett Prettyman (August 23, 1891 – August 4, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His son was American attorney E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.
Education
- Randolph-Macon CollegeB.A., 1910
- Randolph-Macon CollegeA.M., 1911
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B., 1915
Career
Private practice, Hopewell, Virginia, 1915-1917; U.S. Army captain, 1917-1919; Special attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., and New York City, 1919-1920; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and New York City, 1920-1933; General counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1933-1934; Corporation counsel, Washington, D.C., 1934-1936; Private practice, Washington, D.C., and Hartford, Connecticut, 1936-1945; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1959-1960
Biography
Elijah Barrett Prettyman (August 23, 1891 – August 4, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His son was American attorney E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.
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