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Harold Maurice Kennedy

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Harold Maurice Kennedy served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed Sep 20, 1944.

Appointed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confirmed
Sep 20, 1944
Born
1895

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkFranklin D. Roosevelt · Sep 20, 1944 – Sep 30, 1952

Education

  • City College of New YorkA.B., 1917
  • Brooklyn Law SchoolLL.B., 1924
  • Brooklyn Law SchoolJ.D., 1925

Career

U.S. Navy lieutenant junior grade, 1917-1920; Private practice, Brooklyn, New York, 1925-1944, 1952-1961; Assistant attorney general, State of New York, 1938-1939; U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1939-1944

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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