Edmund Louis Palmieri

Edmund Louis Palmieri
Edmund Louis Palmieri
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
	In office; June 30, 1972 – June 15, 1989
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
	In office; May 12, 1954 – June 30, 1972
Appointed by	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Seat established by 68 Stat. 8
Succeeded by	William C. Conner
Personal details
Born	Edmund Louis Palmieri; May 14, 1907; New York City, New York
Died	June 15, 1989 (aged 82); New York City, New York
Education	Columbia University (A.B.); Columbia Law School (LL.B.)

Edmund Louis Palmieri (May 14, 1907 – June 15, 1989) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Education and career

Born in New York City, New York, Palmieri received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Columbia University in 1926 and a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1929. He was law secretary for Judge Charles Evans Hughes of the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague, Netherlands in 1929.[1] He was in private practice in New York City from 1929 to 1931. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Southern District of New York from 1931 to 1934. He was assistant corporation counsel in New York City from 1934 to 1937. He was law secretary for Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in New York City from 1937 to 1940. He was a City Magistrate of New York from 1940 to 1943. He was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He was in private practice in New York City from 1945 to 1954.[2]

Federal judicial service

Palmieri was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 6, 1954, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1954, and received his commission on May 12, 1954. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1972. Palmieri served in that capacity until his death on June 15, 1989, in New York City.[2]

During Palmieri's service on the bench, one of his law clerks was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who worked for him after her 1959 graduation from Columbia Law School and later served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.[3]

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References

Glenn Fowler, E. L. Palmieri, Federal Judge, Is Dead at 82, The New York Times (June 16, 1989).
Edmund Louis Palmieri at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Macaluso, Beth Anne (December 25, 2018). "15 Things You Should Know About Ruth Bader Ginsburg". Mental Floss.com. New York, NY: Minute Media.

Sources

Edmund Louis Palmieri at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Seat established by 68 Stat. 8	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 1954–1972	Succeeded by William C. Conner

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[nyt_obit-1] Glenn Fowler, E. L. Palmieri, Federal Judge, Is Dead at 82, The New York Times (June 16, 1989).

[auto-2] Edmund Louis Palmieri at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[3] Macaluso, Beth Anne (December 25, 2018). "15 Things You Should Know About Ruth Bader Ginsburg". Mental Floss.com. New York, NY: Minute Media.