Louis Rosenberg (July 5, 1898 – July 2, 1999) was a
United States district judge
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of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career
Born in
Beaver Falls
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,
Pennsylvania
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, Rosenberg received a
Bachelor of Laws
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from
Duquesne University School of Law
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in 1923. He was special counsel for
Allegheny County
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Emergency Relief in 1935. He was special deputy attorney general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1939. He was special counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1941. He was special assistant city solicitor for the City of
Pittsburgh
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from 1941 to 1956. He was Director of Public Safety for Pittsburgh from 1956 to 1961.
Federal judicial service
Rosenberg received a
recess appointment from President
John F. Kennedy
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on November 20, 1961, to the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80. He was nominated to the same seat by President Kennedy on January 15, 1962. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on July 10, 1962, and received his commission on July 12, 1962. He assumed
senior status
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on January 5, 1976. His service was terminated on July 2, 1999, due to his death in
Highland Park, Pennsylvania.
See also
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List of Jewish American jurists
References
Sources
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1898 births
1999 deaths
American centenarians
Men centenarians
Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
United States district court judges appointed by John F. Kennedy
20th-century American judges
People from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania