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Harold Leventhal
Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Harold Leventhal served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson and confirmed Apr 7, 1965. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Confirmed
- Apr 7, 1965
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1915
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitLyndon B. Johnson · Apr 7, 1965 – Nov 20, 1979
Education
- Columbia UniversityA.B., 1934
- Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1936
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Harlan Fiske Stone, Supreme Court of the United States, 1937-1938; Law clerk, Hon. Stanley Reed, Supreme Court of the United States, 1938; Attorney, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1937-1938, 1938-1939; Chief of litigation, Bituminous Coal Division, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1939-1940; U.S. Office of Price Administration, 1940-1943, 1946, 1951-1952; assistant general counsel, 1940-1943, 1946; chief counsel, 1951-1952; U.S. Coast Guard Reserve lieutenant commander, 1943-1946; Staff, Hon. Robert Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1946; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1946-1951, 1952-1965
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