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John Joseph Sirica
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 1957
John Joseph Sirica , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. John Joseph Sirica (March 19, 1904 – August 14, 1992) was an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1957 to 1992. Sirica became known in the early 1970s for presiding over the federal criminal trials relating to the origins of the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B., 1926
Career
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1926-1930, 1934-1957; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1930-1934; General counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission, 1944; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1971-1974
Biography
John Joseph Sirica (March 19, 1904 – August 14, 1992) was an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1957 to 1992. Sirica became known in the early 1970s for presiding over the federal criminal trials relating to the origins of the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
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