Phillip Baldwin

Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (1924-2002) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Federal Judicial Service

Baldwin was nominated to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by President Lyndon Johnson. He received his commission on July 25, 1968. He was reassigned to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit when the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals was dissolved, receiving his commission on October 1, 1982. He assumed senior status on November 24, 1986, and retired on April 8, 1991.

Education

Baldwin earned his B.A. from North Texas State University in 1949. He also attended both the South Texas College of Law and Baylor University School of Law.

Professional career

Baldwin served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a Pilot from 1943 to 1946. He then worked in private practice in Marshall, Texas, from 1952 to 1953. He went on to work as Assistant District Attorney for Harrison County, Texas, from 1953 to 1954. Baldwin went back to private practice work from 1959 to 1968. He was then appointed to the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals as a judge in 1968. He served in that position until 1982.