Gustave Diamond

Gustave Diamond (born January 29, 1928) is an inactive Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.[1]

Gustave Diamond
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office January 31, 1994
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office 1992–1994
Preceded by	Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.
Succeeded by	Donald Emil Ziegler
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office May 2, 1978 – January 31, 1994
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Edward Dumbauld
Succeeded by	Robert J. Cindrich
United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office 1963–1969
Appointed by	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Joseph S. Ammerman
Succeeded by	Dick Thornburgh
Personal details
Born	Gustave Diamond (1928-01-29) January 29, 1928 Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
Education	Duke University (A.B.) Duquesne University School of Law (J.D.)

Education and career

Born in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, Diamond was in the United States Navy from 1946 to 1948. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Duke University in 1951 and a Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law in 1956. He was a law clerk to Judge Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1956 to 1961. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1961 to 1963. He was the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1969. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1975. He was in private practice in Washington, Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1978.[2]

Federal judicial service

Diamond was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on March 22, 1978, to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, to a seat vacated by Judge Edward Dumbauld. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 1, 1978, and received his commission on May 2, 1978. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1994. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1994. He was succeeded by Judge Robert J. Cindrich.[2]

References

1. Justices and Judges of the United States Courts, Volume 2. The Office. 1987.
2. Gustave Diamond at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Gustave Diamond at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Edward Dumbauld	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 1978–1994	Succeeded by Robert J. Cindrich
Preceded by Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 1992–1994	Succeeded by Donald Emil Ziegler