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Edmund Palmieri

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Edmund Palmieri
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Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Years in office: 1972 - 1989

Years in office: 1954 - 1972
Education
Bachelor's
Columbia College, 1926
Law
Columbia Law School, 1929
Personal
Birthplace
New York, NY


Edmund Louis Palmieri (1907-1989) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Palmieri was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 6, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 11, 1954, and received his commission on May 12th. Plamieri was succeeded in this position by William Conner. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1972, and served in that capacity until his death on June 15, 1989.[1]

Early life and education

  • Columbia College, A.B., 1926
  • Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1929[1]

Professional career

  • Law secretary, Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, Permanent Court of International Justice, The Hague, 1929
  • Private practice, New York City, 1929-1931
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1931-1934
  • Assistant corporation counsel, New York City, 1934-1937
  • Law secretary, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, New York City, 1937-1940
  • City Magistrate of New York, 1940-1943
  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945
  • Private practice, New York City, 1945-1954[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Southern District of New York

Palmieri was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 6, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 11, 1954, and received his commission on May 12th. Plamieri was succeeded in this position by William Conner. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1972, and served in that capacity until his death on June 15, 1989.[1]


Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
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Southern District of New York
1954–1972
Succeeded by:
William Conner