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Charles Fahy
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1950
Charles Fahy , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Charles Fahy (August 27, 1892 – September 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 26th Solicitor General of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1949 until his death in 1979.
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B., 1914
Career
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1914-1924, 1947-1949; U.S. Naval Reserve, 1917-1919; Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1924-1933; City attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1932; First assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933; Member, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1933-1935; chairman, 1934-1935; General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1940; Assistant solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940; Member, President's Naval and Air Base Commission to London, 1941; Solicitor general of the United States, 1941-1945; Legal adviser, Office of Military Government, United States, in Germany, 1945-1946; Adviser to American delegation, San Francisco Conference, 1945; Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1946; Member, Legal Commission, United Nations General Assembly, 1947-1949; Chairman, President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunities in t
Biography
Charles Fahy (August 27, 1892 – September 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 26th Solicitor General of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1949 until his death in 1979.
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