Massimo Pilotti (1 August 1879 – 29 April 1962) was an Italian jurist and judge. Pilotti was the first President of the

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Early life

Massimo Pilotti became a judge in 1901. In 1913, he was appointed a Judge of the District Court in

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. Judge of the Court of Appeal, Rome in 1923. Judge of the Court of Cassation in 1926. First President of the Court of Appeal in

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in 1930. Principal State Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation in 1944. President of the Public Waters Appeal Court in 1948. First Honorary President of the Italian

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in 1949. Deputy Secretary-General of the

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(1932–37). President of the

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in 1944. Member of the

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in 1949. First President of the European Court of Justice from 1952 to 1958.

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Early life

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