Emerich Burt Freed (November 22, 1897 – December 4, 1955) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in

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(now

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) in 1897, Freed attended grammar school there, and graduated from Central High School in

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. Freed received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from

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(now

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) in 1918 and a

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from

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in 1920. He was in private practice in Ohio from 1918 to 1929, and was thereafter a first assistant in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office of

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, Ohio from 1929 to 1932, and prosecuting attorney in that office from 1932 to 1933. He was the

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for the Northern District of Ohio from 1933 to 1941.

Federal judicial service

On September 11, 1941, Freed was nominated by President

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to a new seat on the

created by . He was confirmed by the

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on October 2, 1941, and received his commission on October 7, 1941, serving in that capacity until his death on December 4, 1955.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freed, Emerich B. 1955 deaths 1897 births Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt 20th-century American lawyers Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States Lawyers from Cleveland Case Western Reserve University alumni Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumni County district attorneys in Ohio United States attorneys for the Northern District of Ohio

Education and career

Federal judicial service

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