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Arthur Spatt
Arthur Donald Spatt (b.1925) was a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He joined the court in 1989 after an appointment from George H.W. Bush (R). Spatt assumed senior status on December 1, 2004. His service officially ended when he died on June 12, 2020.[1]
Before joining the federal bench, Spatt served as an associate justice in the Appellate Division of the 2nd Judicial Department of New York.[1]
Education
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Spatt received his bachelor's of laws degree from the Brooklyn Law School in 1949.[1]
Military service
Spatt was a navigation petty officer in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
Spatt was a private practice attorney in New York City, New York, from 1949 to 1978 before serving as justice of the Supreme Court for the State of New York's Tenth Judicial District Court until 1982. Spatt was an administrative judge for Nassau County, New York, from 1982 to 1986 and associate justice of the Appellate Division of the Second Judicial Department for the State of New York until 1989.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of New York
Spatt was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York by President George H.W. Bush (R) on October 25, 1989, to a seat vacated by Henry Bramwell. Spatt was confirmed by the Senate on November 21, 1989, and received commission on November 27, 1989. Spatt assumed senior status on December 1, 2004. His service ended on June 12, 2020, when he died from complications due to blood cancer.[1][2]
He was succeeded in this position by Eric Vitaliano.
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, "Judges' Info"
- Judge Arthur Spatt Federal Judicial Center Biography
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Judge Arthur Spatt Biography at the Federal Judicial Center Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "FJC Bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ THOMAS, "Arthur Spatt USDC, EDNY confirmation: PN835-101," accessed June 10, 2015
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Henry Bramwell |
Eastern District of New York 1989–2004 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Eric Vitaliano
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of New York, Western District of New York, Northern District of New York, Southern District of New York
State courts:
New York Court of Appeals • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division • New York Supreme Court • New York County Courts • New York City Courts • New York Town and Village Courts • New York Family Courts • New York Surrogates' Courts • New York City Civil Court • New York City Criminal Courts • New York Court of Claims • New York Problem Solving Courts
State resources:
Courts in New York • New York judicial elections • Judicial selection in New York
