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Charles Fahy

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Charles Fahy

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Prior offices
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Personal
Birthplace
Rome, Ga.

Charles Fahy (1892-1979) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Fahy received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on April 4, 1950, and received his commission on April 7th. He assumed senior status on April 17, 1967, and served in that capacity until his death on September 17, 1979.[1]

Education

  • Georgetown University Law School, LL.B., 1914[1]

Professional career

  • Private practice, Washington, DC, 1914-1924, 1947-1949
  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1917-1919
  • Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1924-1933
  • City attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1932
  • First assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933
  • Member, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1933
  • Chairman, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1934-1935
  • General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1940
  • Assistant U.S. solicitor general, 1940
  • Member, President's Naval and Air Base Commission to London, 1941
  • Solicitor General of the United States, 1941-1945
  • Legal adviser, U.S. Military Government of Germany, 1945-1946
  • Adviser to American delegation, San Francisco Conference, 1945
  • Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1946
  • U.S. member, Legal Commission, United Nations General Assembly, 1947-1949
  • Chairman, President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunities in the Armed Forces, 1948-1950
  • Chairman, Personnel Security Review Board, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949[1]

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