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Cecil F. Poole
Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Cecil F. Poole served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Jimmy Carter and confirmed Nov 26, 1979. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Confirmed
- Nov 26, 1979
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1914
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaGerald Ford · Jul 23, 1976 – Mar 31, 1980
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJimmy Carter · Nov 26, 1979 – Nov 12, 1997
Education
- University of MichiganA.B., 1935
- University of Michigan Law SchoolLL.B., 1938
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.M., 1939
Career
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940-1942; Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1942; U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1942-1945; Chief, Regional Appellate Division, U.S. Office of Price Administration, San Francisco, California, 1946-1947; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1947-1951, 1970-1976; Assistant district attorney and chief superior court deputy, San Francisco, California, 1951-1958; Instructor, Golden State University Law School, 1952-1958; Secretary and legal counsel, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, California, 1958-1961; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, 1961-1970; Professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1969-1970; Fellow in residence, Yale Law School, 1970
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