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Robert Workman Sweet
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1978
Robert Workman Sweet , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Robert Workman Sweet (October 15, 1922 – March 24, 2019) was an American jurist and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1944
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1948
Career
U.S. Navy lieutenant junior grade, 1943-1946; Private practice, New York City, 1948-1953, 1955-1965, 1970-1978; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1953-1955; Counsel, New York State Interdepartmental Task Force on Youth and Juvenile Delinquency, 1958; Executive assistant, Mayor John V. Lindsay, New York City, 1966; Deputy mayor, New York City, 1966-1969; Consultant, Association for a Better New York, New York City, 1970-1975; Hearing officer, New York Transit Authority, Brooklyn, New York, 1975-1977
Biography
Robert Workman Sweet (October 15, 1922 – March 24, 2019) was an American jurist and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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