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Simon E. Sobeloff
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
Simon E. Sobeloff , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Simon Ernest Sobeloff (December 3, 1894 – July 11, 1973) was an American attorney and jurist, who served as Solicitor General of the United States, as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)LL.B., 1915
Career
Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1914-1919, 1923-1927, 1934-1943, 1947-1952; Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1919-1923; Deputy city solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1927-1930; U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, 1931-1934; City solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1943-1947; Chairman, Commission on the Administrative Organization of the State of Maryland, 1951-1952; Chief judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1952-1954; Solicitor general of the United States, 1954-1956; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1958-1964
Biography
Simon Ernest Sobeloff (December 3, 1894 – July 11, 1973) was an American attorney and jurist, who served as Solicitor General of the United States, as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, and as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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