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Leo Frederick Rayfiel

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York · 1947

Leo Frederick Rayfiel , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Leo Frederick Rayfiel (March 22, 1888 – November 18, 1978) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from New York for one term from 1945 to 1947. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1947 to 1978.

Education

  • New York University School of LawLL.B., 1908
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Career

Private practice, Brooklyn, New York, 1918-1945; State assemblyman, New York, 1939-1944; U.S. representative from New York, 1945-1947

Biography

Leo Frederick Rayfiel (March 22, 1888 – November 18, 1978) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a United States representative from New York for one term from 1945 to 1947. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1947 to 1978.

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